Spotted Tanager

SCI Name:  Ixothraupis punctata
Protonym:  Tanagra punctata Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.316
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Ixothraupis
Taxonomy Code:  spotan1
Type Locality:  Surinam; Surinam accepted as type locality.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Ixothraupis
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Spotted Tanager T. punctata) Gr. ιξος ixos  mistletoe; θταυπις thraupis  unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch. In ornithology thraupis signifies tanager. "C'est ici que doit trouver place notre groupe IXOTHRAUPIS.   1.[sic] IXOTHRAUPIS PUNCTATA, Bp.   ...   12. I. GUTTULATA, Bp.   ...   *13. I. CHRYSOGASTER, Bp.   ...   *14. I. PUSILLA, Bp." (Bonaparte 1851); "Ixothraupis Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2), 3, p. 143, 1851—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., p. 73, 1855), Tanagra punctata Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1936, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IX, p. 81).

punctata
Mod. L. punctatus  spotted  < L. punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture (cf. Med. L. punctatus  pointed).
● ex “Tangara verd piqueté des Indes” of Brisson 1760, and “Spotted Green Tit-mouse” of Edwards 1760 (Tangara).
● ex “Chorlito pardo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 400 (syn. Tringa solitaria).
● ex “Suirirí punteado of de Azara 1802-1805 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Spotted Tanager (punctata)
SCI Name: Ixothraupis punctata punctata
punctata
Mod. L. punctatus  spotted  < L. punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture (cf. Med. L. punctatus  pointed).
● ex “Tangara verd piqueté des Indes” of Brisson 1760, and “Spotted Green Tit-mouse” of Edwards 1760 (Tangara).
● ex “Chorlito pardo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 400 (syn. Tringa solitaria).
● ex “Suirirí punteado of de Azara 1802-1805 (unident.).

Spotted Tanager (zamorae)
SCI Name: Ixothraupis punctata zamorae
zamorae
Río Zamora, eastern Ecuador.

Spotted Tanager (perenensis)
SCI Name: Ixothraupis punctata perenensis
pereneensis / perenensis
Río Perené, Junín, central Peru.

Spotted Tanager (annectens)
SCI Name: Ixothraupis punctata annectens
annectans / annectens
L. annectens, annectentis  connecting  < annectere  to connect.
● “Annectans nobis.  Annectant Bhuchanga nobis.  A singular species, returning, both by its form and habits, towards the forest,-haunting [sic] birds first described, through the 3rd or Tectirostris [= Dicrurus remifer], which it very closely resembles in the form of its bill” (Hodgson 1836) (see Bhuchanga) (Dicrurus).
● “This form serves to connect Sibia Hodg., as exemplified by S. capistrata, with Yuhina but cannot be placed satisfactorily with either.” (Blyth 1847) (Heterophasia).
● "Passerella iliaca annectens, subsp. nov.  YAKUTAT FOX SPARROW.  Similar to P. i. insularis but smaller (the bill especially) and coloration slightly darker; similar to P. i. townsendi, but the brown color less castaneous" (Ridgway 1900) (subsp. Passerella unalaschcensis).

Spotted Tanager (punctulata)
SCI Name: Ixothraupis punctata punctulata
punctulata / punctulatus
Mod. L. punctulatus  spotted, dotted  < L. punctulum  little spot, small point  < punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture.
● ex “Hoizitziltototl” of Hernandez 1651m, “Polytmus punctulatus” of Brisson 1760, “Zitzil” or “Colibri piqueté” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Anthracothorax nigricollis).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  punctulata.  13. L. ferruginea, abdomine nigro albo-maculato.  Passer indicus fuscus, ventre ex albo & nigro punctato. Edw. av. 40. t. 40.  Habitat in Asia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lonchura).
● ex “Punctated Cuckow” (= ☼) of Latham 1782 (syn. Tapera naevia).