Saffron-billed Sparrow / Arremon flavirostris
Saffron-billed Sparrow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Arremon flavirostris Anim.Menag. p.347
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Arremon
Taxonomy Code: sabspa1
Type Locality: Brazil ; restricted to interior of Bahia, by Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 429.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
ARREMON
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Pectoral Sparrow A. taciturnus) Gr. αρρημων arrhēmōn, αρρημονος arrhēmonos silent, without speech < negative prefix α- a- ; ῥημων rhēmōn, ῥημονος rhēmonos speaker < ερω erō I will speak < λεγω legō to speak; “Oiseau silentieux ... il ne va pas en compagnie, on le trouve toujours seul dans le fond des grands bois fort éloignés des endroits habités, & on ne l'a jamais entendu ramager ni même jeter aucun cri" (de Buffon 1770-1783); "67. ARREMON, Arremon. Tanagra, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec médiocre un peu fort, conico-convexe, à bords courbés en dedans, échancré et fléchi à la pointe.— Première remige plus courte que la septième. Esp. Oiseau silencieux, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Arremon Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 32. Type, by monotypy, "L'Oiseau Silencieux" of Buffon = Tanagra taciturna Hermann." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 182).
Var. Aremon, Arrhemon, Aneman, Arremo.
Synon. Buarremon, Lysurus.
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
SUBSPECIES
Saffron-billed Sparrow (Stripe-crowned)
SCI Name: Arremon flavirostris dorbignii
dorbignii / dorbignyana / dorbignyanus / dorbignyeana / dorbignyi / dorbygnianus
Prof. Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines d’Orbigny (1802-1857) French naturalist, explorer in tropical America (subsp. Arremon flavirostris, Asthenes, syn. Chlidonias hybrida, subsp. Diglossa sittoides, syn. Eriocnemis glaucopoides, Picumnus, subsp. Xiphorhynchus guttatoides) (see also orbignii).
Saffron-billed Sparrow (Gray-backed)
SCI Name: Arremon flavirostris polionotus
polionota / polionotum / polionotus
Gr. πολιος polios grey; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
Saffron-billed Sparrow (Saffron-billed)
SCI Name: Arremon flavirostris flavirostris
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)