White-breasted Nigrita

SCI Name:  Nigrita fusconotus
Protonym:  Nigrita fusconotus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.145
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Nigrita
Taxonomy Code:  whbneg2
Type Locality:  Clarence, Fernando Po.
Author:  Fraser
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NIGRITA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Grey-headed Nigrita N. canicapillus) Mod. L. nigritus  black  < L. nigritia  black colour, blackness  < niger  black; "NIGRITA FUSCONOTUS.  ...  Mr. Fraser stated it as his opinion that the bird above described belonged to the Fringillidæ.  It certainly appertains to the genus characterized by Mr. Strickland in the 'Proceedings' for April 1841, p. 30, under the title Æthiops. This genus was founded upon a bird (Æthiops canicapillus) also from Fernando Po, specimens of which Mr. Fraser had obtained and exhibited to the Meeting.  Finding the generic name Æthiops had been previously used for a genus of Monkeys, Mr. Fraser had been requested by Mr. Strickland to substitute for it the new generic title Nigrita. The species described by the gentleman last mentioned will therefore stand as Nigrita canicapillus, Strickl." (Strickland in Fraser 1843); "Nigrita Strickland, in Fraser, 1843, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1842, p. 145. New name for Aethiops Strickland, 1841 (Oct.), preoccupied by Aethiops Martin, 1841 (before Oct.). Type, by monotypy, Aethiops canicapillus Strickland." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 308-309) (see Aethiops).
Synon. Aethiops, Atopornis, Percnopis.

nigrita
Mod. L. nigritus  black  < L. nigritia  black colour, blackness  < niger  black.

fusconota / fusconotos / fusconotus
L. fuscus  brown; Gr. -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back (cf. L. nota  mark, brand).

SUBSPECIES

White-breasted Nigrita (fusconotus)
SCI Name: Nigrita fusconotus fusconotus
fusconota / fusconotos / fusconotus
L. fuscus  brown; Gr. -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back (cf. L. nota  mark, brand).

White-breasted Nigrita (uropygialis)
SCI Name: Nigrita fusconotus uropygialis
uropygialis / uropygiata / uropygiatus
Med. L. uropygium  rump  < Gr. ουροπυγιον ouropugion  bird’s rump.