Socotra Grosbeak

SCI Name:  Rhynchostruthus socotranus
Protonym:  Rhynchostruthus socotranus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.171
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Rhynchostruthus
Taxonomy Code:  gowgro3
Type Locality:  Goehel Valley, Socotra.
Author:  Sclater & Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1881
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

RHYNCHOSTRUTHUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Socotra Grosbeak R. socotranus) Gr. ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; στρουθος strouthos  sparrow; "12. RHYNCHOSTRUTHUS SOCOTRANUS, gen. et sp. nov.  (Plate XVII.)   RHYNCHOSTRUTHUS, gen. nov., ex fam. Fringillidarum.  Char. gen.  Rostrum crassum, tumido-rotundatum, culmine distincto, tomiis introrsum rectractis, maxilla curvata, commissura curvata, gonyde conspicue adscendente; naribus in fossa basali positis, setis brevibus incumbentibus obtectis.  Alæ longiusculæ, caudæ dimidium superantes, remigibus 1-3 cæteris longioribus, æqualibus, rem. 4to parum breviore. Cauda mediocris, æqualis. Pedes mediocres, satis debiles; digitus internus externo paulo brevior; ungues debiles.   RHYNCHOSTRUTHUS SOCOTRANUS, sp. nov.  ..  Of this very curious new form of Sparrow four males are in the collection; unfortunately no female. The thick Coccothraustine bill renders it easily distinguishable from all other species of the Passerine group." (P. Sclater & Hartlaub 1881); "Rhynchostruthus P. L. Sclater and Hartlaub, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 170. Type, by monotypy, Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater and Hartlaub." (Rand in Peters 1968, XIV, 233).

socotrae / socotraensis / socotrana / socotranus
Socotra I. / Sokotra / Suqutra, Indian Ocean.