Striped Sparrow

SCI Name:  Oriturus superciliosus
Protonym:  Aimophila superciliosa Anim.Menag. p.314
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Oriturus
Taxonomy Code:  strspa1
Type Locality:  Mexico.
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ORITURUS
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Striped Sparrow O. superciliosus) Genus Orites G. Gray, 1841, long-tailed tit; Gr. ουρα oura  tail; "Oriturus, Bp. (Fringilla, p. Brandt.) Rostrum Montifringillae: cauda elongata, gradata.   As. or. Am. occ.  2.    *1. O. mexicanus, Bp. fig. nulla. Mus. Lugd. ex Mexico. Unicolor: uniformis.    *2. FRINGILLA wrangeli, Brandt. (Oriturus sibiricus, Bp. in litt.) Fig. nulla. Mus. Lugd. ex As. s. maxime or. Variegatus." (Bonaparte 1850); "Oriturus Bonaparte, 1851?, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 469. Type, by subsequent designation (Bonaparte, 1856, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 43, p. 413), Oriturus mexicanus = Aimophila superciliosa Swainson." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 103).
Var. Oritura.
Synon. Plagiospiza.
● (syn. Melozone Ϯ California Towhee M. crissalis petulans) "Dr. C. E. Hellmayr has recently suggested (Cat. Birds Amer., 11: 464, 1938) that Oriturus wrangelii "Brandt" Hartlaub might be an earlier name for the Brown Towhee currently known as Pipilo fuscus petulans Grinnel and Swarth. Examination, in July, 1939, of the specimen in the Leiden Museum which was the type of Oriturus wrangeli "Brandt" Bonaparte and Oriturus Wrangelii "Brandt" Hartlaub, shows that the suggestion was well founded.  ...  Also, the type of Oriturus mexicanus is, equally definitely, of the southern Mexican race of Aimophila superciliosa Swainson  ...  Both are identifiable beyond question, in part by Hartlaub (Journ. f. Orn., 3: 361, 1855), by the later explanation of Bonaparte himself (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1856, p. 413) when he designated mexicanus as the genotype, and by the authentic, extisting types of both species. Hartlaub merely re-described one of the two species (wrangeli) on an intelligible basis together with a citation to the 'Conspectus' and a few well chosen remarks on Bonaparte's carelessness. Not even by implication does he choose wrangeli as a genotype and Bonaparte's (1856) designation must stand" (Van Rossem 1942). 

superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Striped Sparrow (palliatus)
SCI Name: Oriturus superciliosus palliatus
palliata / palliatus
L. palliatus cloaked, mantled < pallium cloak, mantle.

Striped Sparrow (superciliosus)
SCI Name: Oriturus superciliosus superciliosus
superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).