Small Tree-Finch

SCI Name:  Camarhynchus parvulus
Protonym:  Geospiza parvula Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt5 no.49 p.6
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Camarhynchus
Taxonomy Code:  smtfin1
Type Locality:  Galapagos Islands ; restricted to James by 1 ° '' Gould, 1841, Voy. Beagle, Birds, pt. 3, p. 102.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Camarhynchus
(Thraupidae; syn. Geospiza Ϯ Large Tree-finch G. psittacula) Gr. καμαρα kamara  arch, vault; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "CAMARHYNCHUS (subgenus).   CAMARHYNCHUS differt a genere Geospiza, rostro debiliore, margine mandibulæ superioris minus indentato; culmine minus elevato in frontem et plus arcuato; lateribus tumidioribus; mandibula inferiore minus in genas tendente.   CAMARHYNCHUS PSITTACULA.  (Spec. typ.)" (Gould 1837);  "Camarhynchus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 5, p. 6, Oct. 3, 1837—type, by orig. desig., Camarhynchus psittacula Gould." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 137) (see Geospiza).
Var. Camarynchus, Camarorhynchus.   

parvula / parvulum / parvulus
L. parvulus  very small  < dim. parvus  small.

SUBSPECIES

Small Tree-Finch (parvulus)
SCI Name: Camarhynchus parvulus parvulus
parvula / parvulum / parvulus
L. parvulus  very small  < dim. parvus  small.

Small Tree-Finch (salvini)
SCI Name: Camarhynchus parvulus salvini
salvini / salvinii
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) English ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology, Cambridge University 1874-1882, collector (syn. Accipiter erythronemius ventralis, syn. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Amazilia violiceps, subsp. Amazona autumnalis, Antrostomus, subsp. Basileuterus rufifrons, syn. Certhidea olivacea, subsp. Chlorostilbon canivetii, subsp. Colinus virginianus, syn. Crypturellus variegatus, subsp. Cyphorhinus arada, subsp. Empidonax flavescens, subsp. Eubucco bourcierii, subsp. Eutoxeres aquila, subsp. Geospiza parvula, subsp. Habia fuscicauda, syn. Heliodoxa xanthogonys, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, subsp. Knipolegus poecilurus, subsp. Lampornis amethystinus, Mitu, subsp. Neomorphus geoffroyi, Oneillornis, Pachyptila, subsp. Pachyramphus albogriseus (ex Pachyramphus similis Salvin, 1895), subsp. Paraclaravis mondetoura, subsp. Picumnus exilis, syn. Popelairia conversii, subsp. Sclerurus guatemalensis, subsp. Sicalis olivascens, subsp. Spindalis zena, subsp. Sporophila funerea, Thalassarche, syn. Tinamus major fuscipennis, Tumbezia, subsp. Vireo pallens).