White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow / Zonotrichia albicollis

White-throated Sparrow

Here the details of the White-throated Sparrow named bird below:

SCI Name:  Zonotrichia albicollis
Protonym:  Fringilla albicollis Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.921
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passerellidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whtspa
Type Locality:  Pennsylvania ; based on Edwards, 1760, Glean. Nat. Hist., 2, p. 198, pi. 304, ''The white-throated Sparrow.
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Publish Year:  1789
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DEFINITIONS

ZONOTRICHIA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ White-throated Sparrow Z. albicollis) Gr. ζωνη zōnē  band; θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; "superciliis aurantiis  ...  Rostrum fasciaque ocularis atra" (J. Gmelin 1789); "Sub-genus, ZONOTRICHIA.   Bill as in Fringilla.  Wings rather short; the first quill shorter than the four next, which are nearly equal.  Tail rather lengthened, slightly divaricated; the lateral feathers shortened.  Lateral toes unequal.  Types.— Z. leucophrys, Pennsylvanica, melodia, &c." (Swainson 1832); "Zonotrichia Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 2 (1831), p. 493. Type, by subsequent designation (Bonaparte, 1832, Giorn. Arcad. Sci. Lett. Arti [Rome], 52 (1831), p. 206), Fringilla pensylvanica Latham = Fringilla albicollis Gmelin." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 41).
Var. Zonitrichia, Zonotrachia.
Synon. Brachyspiza, Hortulanus.

albicolle / albicollis
L. albus white; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Gavilan de estero chorreado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 12 (syn. Circus buffoni).
● ex “South-Sea Raven” of Latham 1787 (Corvus).
● ex “Ficedula dominicensis. Figuier de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à gorge blanche” of de Buffon 1760-1783, and “St Domingo Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado sin roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 186 (syn. Legatus leucophaius).
● ex “Guêpier à Gorge Blanche” or “Guêpier Cuvier”of Levaillant 1807 (Merops).
● ex “White-throated Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctidromus).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 115 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Ypacahá aplomado y pardo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 374 (Porzana).
● ex “White-necked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Pseudastur).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1802 (Streptocitta).
ex “Courlis à col blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 976, “Grand Courlis de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-necked Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Theristicus caudatus).
● ex “White-throated Sparrow” of Edwards 1760 (Zonotrichia).