Somali Bunting / Emberiza poliopleura
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Somali Bunting
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Protonym: Fringillaria poliopleura Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 26 p.269
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Emberizidae / Emberiza
Taxonomy Code: sombun1
Type Locality: Sodde, Shoa, Ethiopia.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1888
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMBERIZA
(Emberizidae; Ϯ Yellowhammer E. citrinella) Old Swiss German name Embritz for a bunting < Old German Ammer bunting. "97. EMBERIZA. Rostrum conicum. Mandibulæ basi deorsum a se invicem discedentes: inferiore lateribus inflexo-coarctata; superiore angustiore." (Linnaeus 1758); "Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 177. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 47), Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 5). Linnaeus's Emberiza comprised fourteen species (E. nivalis, E. Calandra, E. Hortulana, E. Citrinella, E. Orix, E. Quelea, E. militaris, E. atrata, E. familiaris, E. flaveola, E. psittacea, E. paradisæa, E. Ciris, E. Alario).
Var. Emberyza, Emberitza, Embritza, Embriza, Emberisa, Emeberiza.
Synon. Buscarla, Chrysophrys, Cia, Cirlus, Citrinella, Cosmospina, Cristemberiza, Crithophaga, Cynchramus, Fringillaria, Fringilloides, Glycyspina, Granativora, Hortulana, Hortulanus, Hylaespiza, Hypocentor, Latoucheornis, Melophus, Miliaria, Ocyris, Onychospina, Orospina, Pityornis, Polymitra, Pyrrhulorhyncha, Schaenicola, Schoeniclus, Spina, Spodiospina, Tisa.
poliopleura
Gr. πολιος polios grey; πλευρα pleura side, flank.
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)
