Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon / Treron phayrei
Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Osmotreron Phayrei J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 31 p.344
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: pomgrp5
Type Locality: Tounghoo, Burma.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
phayrei
Lt.-Gen. Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812-1885) British Army, Commissioner of Arakan 1849-1852, Commissioner of Pegu 1852-1862, Commissioner of British Burma 1862-1867 (subsp. Alcippe poioicephala, subsp. Francolinus pintadeanus, Hydrornis, syn. Leptocoma brasiliana, Pomatorhinus, Treron).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)