The Key to Scientific Names
- Cristemberiza
(Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Yellow-throated Bunting E. elegans) L. crista crest; genus Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, bunting; "Cristemberiza, gen. nov. Differs from Emberiza in having a longer crest. Type: Emberiza e. elegans = Emberiza elegans TEMMINCK, 1835." (Momiyama 1928) (Laurent Raty in litt.); "Cristemberiza Momiyama, 1928, Annotationes Ornithologiae Orientalis, 1 (3), p. 319. Type, by original designation, Emberiza elegans Temminck, 1835." (JAJ 2021).
- EMBERIZA
(Emberizidae; Ϯ Yellowhammer E. citrinella) Old Swiss German name Embritz for a bunting < Old German Ammer bunting. "97. EMBERIZA. Rostrum conicum. Mandibulæ basi deorsum a se invicem discedentes: inferiore lateribus inflexo-coarctata; superiore angustiore." (Linnaeus 1758); "Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 177 [sic]. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 47), Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 5); “Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, 10th ed., I, p. 176. Type, by subsequent designation (Selby, 1825, Illustrations of British Ornithology, Pt. I, pp. xxix, xxxiii), Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758.” (JAJ 2023 per Laurent Raty in litt.). Linnaeus's Emberiza comprised fourteen species (E. nivalis, E. Calandra, E. Hortulana, E. Citrinella, E. Orix, E. Quelea, E. militaris, E. atrata, E. familiaris, E. flaveola, E. psittacea, E. paradisæa, E. Ciris, E. Alario).
Var. Emberica, Emberyza, Emberitza, Embritza, Embriza, Emberisa, Emeberiza.
Synon. Buscarla, Chrysophrys, Cia, Cirlus, Citrinella, Cosmospina, Cristemberiza, Crithophaga, Cryptophaga, Cynchramus, Euspiza, Fringillaria, Fringilloides, Glycyspina, Granativora, Hortulana, Hortulanus, Hylaespiza, Hypocentor, Latoucheornis, Melophus, Miliaria, Ocyris, Onychospina, Onychospiza, Orospina, Pityornis, Poliospina, Polymitra, Pyrrhulorhyncha, Schaenicola, Schoeniclus, Spina, Spodiospina, Tisa.
● (Thraupidae; syn. Gubernatrix † Yellow Cardinal G. cristata) “Emberiza Lin. Fm. gubernatrix Az. Tem. col. 63. u. s. w.” (Boie 1826); “Emberiza “Lin.” Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 974 (not of Linnaeus, 1758). Type, by monotypy, Emberiza gubernatrix Temminck, 1821 = Coccothraustes cristata Vieillot, 1817 (ex “Crestudo amarillo” of de Azara, 1802-1805, no. CXXIX).” (JAJ 2023).- PAMPAEMBERIZA
(‡ Passerellidae; Ϯ Necochea Sparrow P. olrogi) Spanish pampa the grassland plains or pampas of Argentina; genus Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, bunting. Known only from fossil material collected in southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, this species was considered related to Zonotrichia (OD per Fred Ruhe).
