White-rumped Snowfinch / Montifringilla taczanowskii
White-rumped Snowfinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Montifringilla taczanowskii Mongol.StranaTangut. 2 p.81 pl.11 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passeridae / Montifringilla
Taxonomy Code: whrsno1
Type Locality: Tetunga and Kuku Nor Steppe.
Author: Przevalski
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MONTIFRINGILLA
(Passeridae; Ϯ White-winged Snowfinch M. nivalis) L. mons, montis mountain; fringilla finch; "II. G. Bergfink. Montifringilla, Brehm. 1. Der Schneebergfink, M. nivalis Br. 2. Der Eisbergfink, M. glacialis Br." (Brehm 1828); "Die Bergfinken sind unter den Finken, was die Sporner unter den Ammern sind; allein sie leben auf den höchsten Bergen über dem Holzwuchse, neben, unter und über dem ewigen Eise und Felsen und auf dem Boden, fast immer in Gesellschaft ... Der Schneebergfink. Montifringilla nivalis, Br. (Fr. nivalis, Linn. N.W.V. Th. Taf. 117, 1, 2.)" (Brehm 1831); "Montifringilla Brehm, 1828, Isis von Oken, col. 1277. Type, by subsequent designation, Montifringilla nivalis Brehm = Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 46)." (Greenway in Peters 1962, XV, 26).
Var. Motifringilla, Mantifringilla.
Synon. Chionospina, Eurhinospiza, Geospiza, Oreospiza, Orites, Plectrofringilla.
montifringilla
Mod. L. montifringilla (Turner 1544) mountain finch, brambling < L. mons, montis mountain; fringilla finch.
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... Montifringilla. 3. F. alarum basi subtus flavissima. Fn. svec. 198. t. 2. f. 198. Montifringilla s. Fringilla montana. Jonst. av. 99. t. 38. Will. orn. 187. t. 45. f. 5. Raj. av. 88. Alb. av. 3. p. 60. t. 64. Frisch. av. . t. 3. f. 2. 3. Olin. av. 32. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 7. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Fringilla).
taczanowskia / taczanowskii / taczanowskius
Władysław Taczanowski (1819-1890) Polish zoologist, collector, Curator of Zoology, Warsaw University Mus., 1862-1890 (subsp. Asthenes flammulata, Atlapetes (ex Buarremon mystacalis Taczanowski, 1874), Cinclodes, syn. Columba rupestris, subsp. Euphonia chlorotica, syn. Garrulus glandarius brandtii, syn. Heliangelus clarisse, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, Leptopogon, Leucippus, syn. Limnodromus semipalmatus, syn. Locustella luteoventris, Nothoprocta, Onychostruthus, subsp. Picumnus lafresnayi, Podiceps, subsp. Riparia riparia, Sicalis, subsp. Tetrao urogallus, syn. Thalurania furcata jelskii).
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)