Red-throated Tit / Melaniparus fringillinus

Red-throated Tit / Melaniparus fringillinus

Red-throated Tit

SCI Name:  Melaniparus fringillinus
Protonym:  Parus fringillinus J.Orn. 32 p.56
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae /
Taxonomy Code:  rettit2
Type Locality:  foot of Mt. Meru, Arusha, Tanganyika.
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Publish Year:  1884
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DEFINITIONS

MELANIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Southern Black Tit M. niger) Gr. μελας  melas, μελανος  melanos  black; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "489. Melaniparus, Bp. (Parus, p. Gr.)  3. P. niger, Vieill. (luctuosus, Licht.) Lev. Afr. t. 137. 1. ex Africa mer." (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Melanoparus.
Synon. Aegithospiza, Pentheres.

fringillinus
Mod. L. fringillinus  fringilline, finch-like  < L. fringilla  finch.