Taczanowski's brushfinch

Taczanowski's brushfinch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Atlapetes
Species:	A. taczanowskii
Binomial name
Atlapetes taczanowskii (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1875)

Taczanowski's brushfinch (Atlapetes taczanowskii) is a species of passerine bird in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It is found in montane forest and woodland of central Peru. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus).

Taxonomy

Taczanowski's brushfinch was formally described in 1874 by the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski under the binomial name Buarremon mystacalis based on a specimen collected in the Andes of central Peru. ^[2] Unfortunately, he chose a specific epithet that had been used in 1852 by Philip Sclater for Arremon mysticalis, now considered to be a junior synonym of Tanagra albofrenatus Boissonneu, 1840, the moustached brushfinch. ^{[3] [4]} In 1875 the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin proposed the replacement name Buarremon taczanowskii for this species. ^[5] Taczanowski's brushfinch was formerly treated as a subspecies of the slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus). It is now considered as a separate species based on differences in morphology, vocalizations and mitochondrial DNA sequences. ^{[6] [7]} The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. ^[7]

References

1. BirdLife International (2020). "Atlapetes schistaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T103774724A181560801.en . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
2. Taczanowski, Władysław (1874). "Liste des oiseaux recueillis par M. Constatin Jelski dans la partie centrale du Pérou occidental". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French): 501-565 [515].
3. Sclater, Philip (1852). "Description de six oiseaux appartenant à la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. 2nd series (in French). 4: 8-9 [8].
4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 196.
5. Sclater, Philip Lutley; Salvin, Osbert (1875). "On Venezuelan birds collected by Mr. A. Goering. Part V". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 234-238 [236, Plate 35, fig. 2].
6. Sánchez-González, L.A.; Navarro-Sigüenza, A.G.; Krabbe, N.K.; Fjeldså, J.; García-Moreno, J. (2015). "Diversification in the Andes: the Atlapetes brush-finches". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (2): 135–152. doi:10.1111/zsc.12088.
7. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2024). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 October 2024.