Spizixos Explained

Spizixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Spizixos was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the crested finchbill.^[1] The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos that was introduced by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825.^[2]

The genus contains two species:^[3]

• Crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)
• Collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)

Notes and References

1. Blyth . Edward . Edward Blyth . 1845 . Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued) . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 14, Part 2 . 164 . 546–602 [571] .
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 363 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2021 . Bulbuls . IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 27 June 2021.