Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 19, 2013
Text last updated June 19, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | amarant del Sahel |
Dutch | Stippelamarant |
English | Bar-breasted Firefinch |
English (United States) | Bar-breasted Firefinch |
French | Amarante pointé |
French (France) | Amarante pointé |
German | Pünktchenamarant |
Japanese | シロシマコウギョクチョウ |
Norwegian | rosenamarant |
Polish | amarantka cętkowana |
Russian | Крапчатый амарант |
Serbian | Tačkasta amaranta |
Slovak | amarant bodkovaný |
Spanish | Amaranta Barrada |
Spanish (Spain) | Amaranta barrada |
Swedish | rosenamarant |
Turkish | Yaldızlı Ateşispinozu |
Ukrainian | Амарант савановий |
Lagonosticta rufopicta (Fraser, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Estrilda rufopicta
Fraser, 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 11, no.121, p.27.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAGONOSTICTA
- rufopicta / rufopictus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
In the past was sometimes considered conspecific with L. nitidula. Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Senegal, Gambia, SW Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone E to Nigeria, Cameroon, S Chad and Central African Republic.
Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta (Fraser, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Estrilda rufopicta
Fraser, 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 11, no.121, p.27.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAGONOSTICTA
- rufopicta / rufopictus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
SUBSPECIES
Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia Scientific name definitions
Distribution
South Sudan, NE DRCongo, W Ethiopia, Uganda and SW Kenya.
Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia Heuglin, 1864
PROTONYM:
Lagonosticta (Estrelda) lateritia
Heuglin, 1864. Journal für Ornithologie 12. Jahrgang, IV. Heft, No. 70, p.251-252.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bongo, between Djur and Kosanga Rivers, Sudan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAGONOSTICTA
- rufopicta / rufopictus
- lateritia
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.