Atoll Fruit-Dove / Ptilinopus coralensis
Atoll Fruit-Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilinopus coralensis U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.190
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code: atfdov1
Type Locality: Carlshoff, i.e. Aratika Island, Paumotu Group.
Author: Peale
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi. Generic Character. Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis. Rostrum gracile. Tarsi plumosi. ... PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.) ... Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus.
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.
coralensis
Mod. L. coralensis of coral islands < L. coralium or corallum coral, red coral.
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)