Southern Cordonbleu

SCI Name:  Uraeginthus angolensis
Protonym:  Fringilla angolensis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.182
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Uraeginthus
Taxonomy Code:  bubcor1
Type Locality:  Angola. Preoccupied by Fringilla angolensis Linnaeus, 1758 = Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus).
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

URAEGINTHUS
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu U. bengalus) Gr. ουρα oura  tail; αιγινθος aiginthos  unknown bird, perhaps a finch; "Gen. URAEGINTHUS nov. gen. **) Granat-Astrild.   841.  1. U. phoenicotis Nob. — Fringilla bengalus (!) Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 32. — id. Gm. Syst. Nat. pag. 920. No. 32. — Mareposa Vieill. Ois. chant. tab. 5. — Fringilla bengalus Vieill. Enc. méth. p. 987. No. 122. — Estrelda phoenicotis Sws. B. W. Afr. II. p. 192. tab. 14.   Estrelda benghala Gray Gen. Birds No. 4. — Fringilla angolensis Lin.?   ...   842.  2. U. granatinus Nob. — Fringilla granatina Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 11. — id. Gm. Syst. Nat. pag. 906. No. 11. — id. Vieill. Ois. chant. tab. 17. 18. — Estrelda granatina Hartl. Syst. Verz. p. 75. No. 4.   ...   **) Von ουρα, ἡ Schwanz und αιγινθος nom. prop. — Alle Körpertheile stärker entwickelt als in Habropyga; der Schwanz sehr lang und sehr stufig; die ersten Handschwingen verengt." (Cabanis 1853); "Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Heineanum, 1, p. 171. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 76), Fringilla bengalus Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 331).
Var. Uraegnathus.
Synon. Bengalis, Mariposa.

angolae / angolense / angolensis / angolica / angolicus
Angola (Portuguese Angola  <  Ngola a title of the kings of Ndongo).
● ex “Rollier d’Angola” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Coracias caudatus).
● ex “Angola Vulture” of Latham 1781 (Gypohierax).
● ex “Apiaster angolensis” of Brisson, “Petit Guêpier vert et bleu à queue étagée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Angola Bee-eater” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Merops pusillus).
● ex “Linotte d’Angola” of Brisson 1760, and “Angola Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Ochrospiza atrogularis).
● ex “Fringilla ventre caeruleo. Blue-belly’d Finch” of Edwards 1750 (Uraeginthus).
● Erroneous TL. Angola (= Brazil); ex “Black Gros-beak” of Edwards 1764 (Sporophila).

SUBSPECIES

Southern Cordonbleu (angolensis)
SCI Name: Uraeginthus angolensis angolensis
angolae / angolense / angolensis / angolica / angolicus
Angola (Portuguese Angola  <  Ngola a title of the kings of Ndongo).
● ex “Rollier d’Angola” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Coracias caudatus).
● ex “Angola Vulture” of Latham 1781 (Gypohierax).
● ex “Apiaster angolensis” of Brisson, “Petit Guêpier vert et bleu à queue étagée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Angola Bee-eater” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Merops pusillus).
● ex “Linotte d’Angola” of Brisson 1760, and “Angola Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Ochrospiza atrogularis).
● ex “Fringilla ventre caeruleo. Blue-belly’d Finch” of Edwards 1750 (Uraeginthus).
● Erroneous TL. Angola (= Brazil); ex “Black Gros-beak” of Edwards 1764 (Sporophila).

Southern Cordonbleu (niassensis)
SCI Name: Uraeginthus angolensis niassensis
niassae / niassensis
Lake Nyassa / Nyasa / Malawi, East Africa.