Tawny-bellied Seedeater / Sporophila hypoxantha
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Tawny-bellied Seedeater
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Protonym: Sporophila hypoxantha Mus.Hein. 1(1850) p.150
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sporophila
Taxonomy Code: tabsee1
Type Locality: Montevideo [= Uruguay] .
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1851
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPOROPHILA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Temminck's Seedeater S. falcirostris) Gr. σπορος sporos seed < σπειρω speirō to sow; φιλος philos lover; "62. Gen. Sporophila 1) Cab. Pyrrhula Tem. part. Spermophila Swains. 1827. ... 1) σπορος sperma." (Cabanis 1844); "Sporophila Cabanis, 1844, Archiv f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 291. New name for Spermophila Swainson, 1827, preoccupied by Spermophila Richardson, 1825." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 133) (see Spermophila).
Var. Sporofila, Sporoptula, Sporophilus.
Synon. Amazonica, Callyrhynchus, Dolospingus, Drepanorhynchus, Gyrinorhynchus, Microphila, Neorhynchus, Oryzoborus, Spermophila, Spermophilopsis.
hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).
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)
