Sporophila corvina

Sporophila corvina corvina ♂, Cartago, Costa Rica

Sporophila corvina ophthalmica ♀, Mindo, Ecuador

Sporophila corvina — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Sporophila
Species: Sporophila corvina
Subspecies:

• Group: S. c. corvina
  
• Group: S. c. ophthalmica – S. c. hicksii – S. c. hoffmanni
  

Name

• Sporophila corvina (P.L. Sclater, 1860)

• Type locality: Playa Vicente, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Synonyms

• Spermophila corvina (protonym)
• Sporophila aurita (Bonaparte, 1850)
• Spermophila aurita (protonym)
• Sporophila americana corvina (P.L. Sclater, 1860)
• Sporophila aurita corvina (P.L. Sclater, 1860)

References

Primary references

• Sclater, P.L. 1859. List of Birds collected by M.A. Boucard in the State of Oaxaca, in South-western Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 27(3): 369–392. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 379 BHL
• Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium. Tome I. pp. [1–5], 1–543. Lugduni Batavorum (Leida). (E.J. Brill). BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 497 BHL

Additional references

• Stiles, F.G. 1996. When black plus white equals gray: The Nature of variation in the Variable Seedeater complex (Emberizinae: Sporophila). Ornitología Neotropical 7(2): 75–107 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: kněžík proměnlivý
dansk: Brilleklerkefinke
Deutsch: Mohrenpfäffchen
English: Variable Seedeater
español: Semillero Variable
suomi: mustasirkkunen
français: Sporophile variable
italiano: Beccasemi variabile messicano
日本語: カワリヒメウソ, kawarihimeuso
Nederlands: Noordelijk Bont Dikbekje
norsk: Kullfrøeter
polski: ziarnojadek kruczy
русский: Изменчивая овсянка
slovenčina: kňažík kolohrivý
svenska: Glasögonfrösparv
中文: 杂色食籽雀

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