Quailfinch

SCI Name:  Ortygospiza atricollis
Protonym:  Fringilla atricollis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 12 p.182
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Ortygospiza
Taxonomy Code:  quailf1
Type Locality:  Senegal.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ORTYGOSPIZA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Quailfinch O. atricollis) Gr. ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; σπιζα spiza  finch  < σπιζω spizō  to chirp; “Sic etiam ab omnibus reliquis differt avicula singularis, per Africam late distributa: Fr. polyzona Temm. Pl. Col. 221 (Amadina pol. Rüpp. Syst. Ueb. p. 77; Estrilda pol. Gray Gen.), quæ Ortygospiza appellanda est, ob similitudinem pygmeæ Coturnicis formæ (Oρτυξ, Coturnix; σπιζη, Fringilla).  ...  Ad currendum in terra egregie formata et, colore transversim fasciato, cauda brevi, corpore crasso, sat similis parvulæ Perdici.” (Sundevall 1850); "Ortygospiza Sundevall, 1850, Öfv. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Förh., 7, p. 98. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla polyzona Temminck = F. atricollis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 349).
Var. Ortygospiga, Otygospiza.

atricollis
L. ater  black; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Habia de la gola negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 82 (Saltator).
● ex “Merle Roux à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 113 (artefact).

SUBSPECIES

Quailfinch (Black-faced)
SCI Name: Ortygospiza atricollis [atricollis Group]
ORTYGOSPIZA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Quailfinch O. atricollis) Gr. ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; σπιζα spiza  finch  < σπιζω spizō  to chirp; “Sic etiam ab omnibus reliquis differt avicula singularis, per Africam late distributa: Fr. polyzona Temm. Pl. Col. 221 (Amadina pol. Rüpp. Syst. Ueb. p. 77; Estrilda pol. Gray Gen.), quæ Ortygospiza appellanda est, ob similitudinem pygmeæ Coturnicis formæ (Oρτυξ, Coturnix; σπιζη, Fringilla).  ...  Ad currendum in terra egregie formata et, colore transversim fasciato, cauda brevi, corpore crasso, sat similis parvulæ Perdici.” (Sundevall 1850); "Ortygospiza Sundevall, 1850, Öfv. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Förh., 7, p. 98. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla polyzona Temminck = F. atricollis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 349).
Var. Ortygospiga, Otygospiza.

Quailfinch (Black-chinned)
SCI Name: Ortygospiza atricollis [gabonensis Group]
ORTYGOSPIZA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Quailfinch O. atricollis) Gr. ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; σπιζα spiza  finch  < σπιζω spizō  to chirp; “Sic etiam ab omnibus reliquis differt avicula singularis, per Africam late distributa: Fr. polyzona Temm. Pl. Col. 221 (Amadina pol. Rüpp. Syst. Ueb. p. 77; Estrilda pol. Gray Gen.), quæ Ortygospiza appellanda est, ob similitudinem pygmeæ Coturnicis formæ (Oρτυξ, Coturnix; σπιζη, Fringilla).  ...  Ad currendum in terra egregie formata et, colore transversim fasciato, cauda brevi, corpore crasso, sat similis parvulæ Perdici.” (Sundevall 1850); "Ortygospiza Sundevall, 1850, Öfv. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Förh., 7, p. 98. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla polyzona Temminck = F. atricollis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 349).
Var. Ortygospiga, Otygospiza.

Quailfinch (Spectacled)
SCI Name: Ortygospiza atricollis [fuscocrissa Group]
ORTYGOSPIZA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Quailfinch O. atricollis) Gr. ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; σπιζα spiza  finch  < σπιζω spizō  to chirp; “Sic etiam ab omnibus reliquis differt avicula singularis, per Africam late distributa: Fr. polyzona Temm. Pl. Col. 221 (Amadina pol. Rüpp. Syst. Ueb. p. 77; Estrilda pol. Gray Gen.), quæ Ortygospiza appellanda est, ob similitudinem pygmeæ Coturnicis formæ (Oρτυξ, Coturnix; σπιζη, Fringilla).  ...  Ad currendum in terra egregie formata et, colore transversim fasciato, cauda brevi, corpore crasso, sat similis parvulæ Perdici.” (Sundevall 1850); "Ortygospiza Sundevall, 1850, Öfv. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Förh., 7, p. 98. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla polyzona Temminck = F. atricollis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 349).
Var. Ortygospiga, Otygospiza.