Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (4)
Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2010
Text last updated January 1, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Кафяво канарче |
| Catalan | gafarró de Burton |
| Croatian | debelokljuna žutarica |
| Dutch | Bergkanarie |
| English | Thick-billed Seedeater |
| English (AVI) | Thick-billed Seedeater |
| English (United States) | Thick-billed Seedeater |
| Estonian | suur-rohtlavint |
| Finnish | lymyhemppo |
| French | Serin de Burton |
| French (Canada) | Serin de Burton |
| German | Dickschnabelgirlitz |
| Japanese | ハシブトクロカナリア |
| Norwegian | tykknebbirisk |
| Polish | afrokulczyk grubodzioby |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Canário-cinzento-das-montanhas |
| Russian | Толстоклювый канареечник |
| Serbian | Debelokljuni kanarinac |
| Slovak | kanárik hrubozobý |
| Spanish | Serín de Burton |
| Spanish (Spain) | Serín de Burton |
| Swedish | burtonsiska |
| Turkish | Kocabaş İskete |
| Ukrainian | Щедрик товстодзьобий |
Crithagra burtoni (Gray, 1862)
PROTONYM:
Strobilophaga burtoni
Gray, 1862. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (3), 10, p.445.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cameroon Mountains, 7,000 ft., West Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CRITHAGRA
- burtoni
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)
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Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Crithagra burtoni burtoni Scientific name definitions
Distribution
extreme SE Nigeria, SW Cameroon and Bioko.
Crithagra burtoni burtoni (Gray, 1862)
PROTONYM:
Strobilophaga burtoni
Gray, 1862. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (3), 10, p.445.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cameroon Mountains, 7,000 ft., West Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CRITHAGRA
- burtoni
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
Crithagra burtoni tanganjicae Scientific name definitions
Distribution
WC Angola; E DRCongo E to W Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
Crithagra burtoni tanganjicae (Granvik, 1923)
PROTONYM:
Serinus albifrons tanganjicae
Granvik, 1923. Journal für Ornithologie 71 Sonderheft, p. 191 (in text).
TYPE LOCALITY:
emended to highland northwest of Lake Tanganyika by Chapin, 1954, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75 B, p. 592.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CRITHAGRA
- burtoni
- tanganicae / tanganjicae / tanganyicae / tanganyika / tanganyikae
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
Crithagra burtoni kilimensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
extreme E Uganda, SW Kenya (higlands W of Rift Valley) and N and W Tanzania.
Crithagra burtoni kilimensis Richmond, 1897
PROTONYM:
Crithagra kilimensis
Richmond, 1897. The Auk 14 (2), p. 155-156.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mount Kihmanjaro, 6,000 ft.. East Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CRITHAGRA
- burtoni
- kilimense / kilimensis
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
Crithagra burtoni albifrons Scientific name definitions
Distribution
highlands E of Rift Valley, in C Kenya.
Crithagra burtoni albifrons Sharpe, 1891
PROTONYM:
Crithagra albifrons
Sharpe, 1891. Ibis (6) 3 (9), p. 118.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kikuyu, eastern Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CRITHAGRA
- burtoni
- albifrons
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)
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Distribution of the Thick-billed Seedeater
