Australian Ringneck

SCI Name:  Barnardius zonarius
Protonym:  Psittacus zonarius Nat.Misc. 16 pl.657
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Barnardius
Taxonomy Code:  polpar1
Type Locality:  Australia = Port Lincoln, South Australia, apud Mathews.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1805
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BARNARDIUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Australian Ringneck B. zonarius barnardi) Edward Barnard (1786-1861) English civil servant, zoologist, horticulturalist, Agent-Gen. for the Crown Colonies 1825-1861 (cf. specific name Platycercus barnardi Vigors & Horsfield, 1827); "37. BARNARDIUS, Bp.  —  168. Typicus, Bp. (Bernardi [sic], Lath.)  —  169. Zonarius, Shaw. (Baueri, Gould.)  —  170. Semitorquatus, Quoy et Gaim. (Zonarius, Gould nec Shaw.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "To see Barnard's Parrakeet in perfection, and to observe its rich plumage in all its glory, the native country of the bird must be visited, its brooks and streamlets traced; for it is principally on the banks of the latter, either among the "high-flooded gums" or the larger shrub-like trees along the edges of the water that this beautiful species is seen, and where the brilliant hues of its expanded wings and tail show very conspicuously as it passes from tree to tree amidst the dark masses of foliage." (Gould 1865); "BARNARDIUS Bonaparte, 1854  M— Barnardius typicus Bonaparte, 1854; type by virtual tautonymy = Platycercus barnardi Vigors and Horsfield, 1827" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 376).  The distinctive subspecies of this widespread parrot, the Port Lincoln Parrot B. z. zonarius, Twenty-eight Parrot B. z. semitorquatus, Mallee Ringneck B. z. barnardi, and Cloncurry Ringneck B. z. macgillivrayi are often considered to be separate species.

zonarius
L. zonarius  of a girdle, girdled  < zona  girdle, belt  < Gr. ζωνη zōnē  girdle.

SUBSPECIES

Australian Ringneck (Twenty-eight)
SCI Name: Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
semitorquata / semitorquatus
Mod. L. semitorquatus  half-collared  < L. semi-  half-, semi-, small  < semis, semissis  half  < as, assis  whole; torquatus  collared  < torques  collar  < torquere  to twist.
● ex “Héoro-taire à collier blanc” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● ex “Petit Engoulevent tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 734, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-collared Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Lurocalis).
● ex “Esparvero faxado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 19 (Micrastur).
● ex “Figuier à demi-collier” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Half-collared Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (unident.).

Australian Ringneck (Port Lincoln)
SCI Name: Barnardius zonarius zonarius
zonarius
L. zonarius  of a girdle, girdled  < zona  girdle, belt  < Gr. ζωνη zōnē  girdle.

Australian Ringneck (Mallee)
SCI Name: Barnardius zonarius barnardi
barnardi
● Edward Barnard (1786-1861) English civil servant, zoologist, horticulturalist, Agent-Gen. for the Crown Colonies 1825-1861 (subsp. Barnardius zonarius (ex “Barnard’s Parrot” of Latham 1822)).
● Henry Greensill Barnard (1869-1966) Australian farmer, naturalist, collector (subsp. Chalcites minutillus, syn. Motacilla tschutschensis simillima, syn. Todiramphus macleayii).

Australian Ringneck (Cloncurry)
SCI Name: Barnardius zonarius macgillivrayi
macgillivraii / macgillivrayi
● William MacGillivray (1796-1852) Scottish ornithologist, author (subsp. Ammospiza maritima, syn. Geothlypis tolmiei).
● Alexander Sykes Macgillivray (1853-1907) Australian cattle rancher, field naturalist (subsp. Barnardius zonarius).
● Dr William David Kerr MacGillivray (1867-1933) Australian physician, naturalist, oologist (syn. Calamanthus campestris, syn. Cinnyris jugularis frenatus, subsp. Eclectus roratus, syn. Erythrura trichroa sigillifer, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi maclennani, subsp. Malurus coronatus, syn. Neochmia temporalis minor, syn. Ninox boobook ocellata, Pachyptila, subsp. Probosciger aterrimus, ‡syn. Rhipidura cervina).
● John MacGillivray (1821-1867) Scottish naturalist, collector in the South Pacific and Australia (subsp. Megapodius reinwardt, Pseudobulweria, subsp. Zosterops flavifrons).