A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)
Author
Burns, Kevin J.
Author
Unitt, Philip
Author
Mason, Nicholas A.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4088
3
329
354
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2
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2. Recognize
Corydospiza
Sundevall, 1872
[type =
Fringilla alaudina
Kittlitz, 1833
, currently
Phrygilus alaudinus
(Kittlitz, 1883)
], for
Phrygilus carbonarius
d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837, and
P. alaudinus
(Kittlitz, 1833)
(
Fig. 1
).
Because
Corydospiza
is feminine in gender and
Phrygilus
is masculine, the name
Phrygilus carbonarius
becomes
Corydospiza
carbonaria
,
P. alaudinus
becomes
C. alaudina
,
P. a.
alaudinus
becomes
C. a.
alaudina
,
P. a.
bipartitus
Zimmer, 1924, becomes
C. a. bipartita
, and
P. a. excelsus
Berlepsch, 1907, becomes
C. a. excelsa
. Other subspecific names in this genus are invariable.