Peruvian Sierra-Finch

SCI Name:  Phrygilus punensis
Protonym:  Phrygilus punensis Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 10 p.434
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Phrygilus
Taxonomy Code:  pesfin1
Type Locality:  basin of Lake Titicaca, in Peru and Bolivia.
Author:  Ridgway
Publish Year:  1887
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHRYGILUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Grey-hooded Sierrafinch P. gayi) Gr. φρυγιλος phrugilos  unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, perhaps some sort of finch or sparrow; "Gen. Phrygilus ¹) Cab.  Genus inter Euspizas et Fringillas (Struthus Boje) locum habens. Differt ab illis statura graciliore, rostro longiore, magis compresso, maxilla basi parum sinuata, ab his vero maxilla minus sinuata, tuberculo palati nullo; alis brevioribus; cauda breviore, minus emarginata, rectricibus emarginatis.   Typus: Fr. Gayi Eyd. Gerv. — Emberiza guttata Meyen.    ...   ¹) φρυγιλος Aristotel." (Cabanis 1844).
● (syn. Pyrrhula Ϯ Eurasian Bullfinch P. pyrrhula) "Phrygilus vulgaris, Bullfinch.   Phrygilus enucleator, Pine Bullfinch." (Morris 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz).

punensis
● Puno Dept., Peru (Asthenes, Crypturellus, Grallaria).
● Isla Puná, Ecuador (Contopus, syn. Mimus longicaudatus albogriseus, subsp. Speotyto cunicularia).
● Spanish puna (from Quechua), the high bleak Andean plateau above about 10000ft (3000m) (Geositta, Phrygilus).

SUBSPECIES

Peruvian Sierra-Finch (chloronotus)
SCI Name: Phrygilus punensis chloronotus
chloronotos / chloronotus
Gr. χλωρος khlōros  green; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

Peruvian Sierra-Finch (punensis)
SCI Name: Phrygilus punensis punensis
punensis
● Puno Dept., Peru (Asthenes, Crypturellus, Grallaria).
● Isla Puná, Ecuador (Contopus, syn. Mimus longicaudatus albogriseus, subsp. Speotyto cunicularia).
● Spanish puna (from Quechua), the high bleak Andean plateau above about 10000ft (3000m) (Geositta, Phrygilus).