Taczanowski's brushfinch explained

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.^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]} In 1875 the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin proposed the replacement name Buarremon taczanowskii for this species.^[4] 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.^{[5] [6]} The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Taczanowski . Władysław . Władysław Taczanowski . 1874 . Liste des oiseaux recueillis par M. Constatin Jelski dans la partie centrale du Pérou occidental . French . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 501-565 [515] .
2. Sclater . Philip . Philip Sclater . 1852 . Description de six oiseaux appartenant à la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris . French . Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée . 2nd series . 4 . 8-9 [8] .
3. Book: Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1970 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 13 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 196 .
4. Sclater . Philip Lutley . Philip Sclater . Salvin . Osbert . Osbert Salvin . 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] .
5. 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 . 10.1111/zsc.12088.
6. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . July 2024 . New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 31 October 2024.