Black-lored Parrot

SCI Name:  Tanygnathus gramineus
Protonym:  Psittacus gramineus Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.338
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Tanygnathus
Taxonomy Code:  bllpar1
Type Locality:  Amboina, error = Buru.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

TANYGNATHUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Great-billed Parrot T. megalorynchos) Gr. τανυω tanuō  to stretch out  < τεινω teinō  to stretch; γναθος gnathos  jaw; "Genus XXII. Tanygnathus *) Wagl.  Schnabelsittich.  Rostrum Sittaces, maxilla maxima, admodum arcuata, acutissima; cauda longa, latiuscula, cuneata (oculi perquam parvi).  Reliqua Sittaces.   Australiae (an quoque Asiae?) incolae; vitae ratio ignota.   Species: 1. T. macrorhynchus. — 2. T. marginatus.   ...   *Tανυω extendo, γναθος maxilla." (Wagler 1832); "Tanygnathus Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Acad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 501. Type, by subsequent designation, T. macrorhynchus (L.) Wagl., Pl. enlum., no. 713 = Psittacus megalorynchos Boddaert. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52.)" (Peters 1937, III, 238).
Synon. Erythrostomus.

graminea / gramineus
L. gramineus grassy, grass-like (i.e. green) < gramen, graminis grass.
● ex “Hausse col vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-breasted Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Anthracothorax viridigula).
● ex “Grass Finch” of Pennant 1785 (Pooecetes).
● ex “Perroquet d’Amboine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 862, “Grand Perroquet vert à tête bleue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Amboina Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Tanygnathus).