Black-collared Lovebird

SCI Name:  Agapornis swindernianus
Protonym:  Psittacus Swindernianus NovaActaAcad.Caes.Leop.Carol. 10 p.62 pl.2
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Agapornis
Taxonomy Code:  blclov2
Type Locality:  Africa, i.e. Liberia.
Author:  Kuhl
Publish Year:  1820
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AGAPORNIS
(Psittacidae; † Black-collared Lovebird A. swindernianus) Gr. αγαπη agapē, αγαπης agapēs  love; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; the substantive English name ‘lovebird’ reflects the strong pair bond and sociable nature of these small parrots; "Others have the bill powerful and thick, with the upper mandible strongly toothed; the wings long, and the tail short, and nearly even. To this group, the Psittacus Swinderianus of Kuhl, and the Psittacus Malaccensis, Lath., appear to belong. For the present, the title of Agapornis is given to them, though it is not unlikely that a farther division may be required, when their habits and economy are better known. The only illustration we can give of these diminutive Parrots is that of  SWINDERN'S LOVE-BIRD.  Agapornis Swinderianus." (Selby 1836); "Agapornis Selby, Nat. Libr., Parrots, 1836, p. 117.  Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus swindernianus Kuhl. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 53.)" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 254).
Synon. Amoravis, Donkorella, Poliopsitta, Psittacula.

swindereni / swinderenianus / swinderiana / swinderianus / swinderniana / swindernianus
Prof. Dr Theodorus van Swinderen (1784-1851) Dutch zoologist (Agapornis).

SUBSPECIES

Black-collared Lovebird (swindernianus)
SCI Name: Agapornis swindernianus swindernianus
swindereni / swinderenianus / swinderiana / swinderianus / swinderniana / swindernianus
Prof. Dr Theodorus van Swinderen (1784-1851) Dutch zoologist (Agapornis).

Black-collared Lovebird (zenkeri)
SCI Name: Agapornis swindernianus zenkeri
zenkeri / zenkerianus
Georg August Zenker (1855-1922) German botanist, explorer, collector, settler in the Cameroons 1889-1922 (subsp. Accipiter erythropus, subsp. Agapornis swindernianus, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Lanius mackinnoni, syn. Macrosphenus concolor, Melignomon, syn. Neocossyphus poensis, syn. Phyllastrephus albigularis, subsp. Sarothrura pulchra, subsp. Smithornis sharpei, syn. Stizorhina finschi, subsp. Tauraco persa).

Black-collared Lovebird (emini)
SCI Name: Agapornis swindernianus emini
emini
Mehmet Emin Bey, later Emin Pasha, the adopted name of Dr Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer (1840-1892) German administrator in the Ottoman service, Pasha of Equatorial Province, Egyptian Sudan 1878-1889, physician, naturalist, collector, murdered by Arab slave-traders (subsp. Agapornis swindernianus, subsp. Argya rubiginosa, syn. Aviceda cuculoides verreauxi, subsp. Cecropis daurica, subsp. Cisticola aberrans, syn. Cisticola chiniana humilis, syn. Cisticola woosnami, syn. Coturnix adansonii, subsp. Criniger calurus, syn. Glareola nuchalis, subsp. Lamprotornis chalcurus, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, syn. Prodotiscus insignis, syn. Pseudonigrita arnaudi dorsalis, syn. Pterocles exustus, syn. Pternistis icterorhynchus, syn. Ptilopachus petrosus, subsp. Pytilia phoenicoptera, subsp. Rhinopomastus aterrimus, subsp. Rhinoptilus cinctus, subsp. Salpornis salvadori, subsp. Sporopipes frontalis, subsp. Tauraco schuettii, subsp. Tchagra australis, subsp. Terpsiphone rufiventer, Trachyphonus, subsp. Turdoides jardineii).
● See: eminibey