Blue-eyed Cockatoo / Cacatua ophthalmica
Blue-eyed Cockatoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cacatua ophthalmica Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.188
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae / Cacatua
Taxonomy Code: blecoc1
Type Locality: Type an aviary specimen thought to have come from the Solomon Islands = New Britain.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CACATUA
(Cacatuidae; Ϯ White-crested Cockatoo C. alba) Malay names Kakatúa or Kakak-túa for the cockatoos. The origin of the Malay name is unclear; kakatuwah vice, alludes to the powerful bill; "older sister" from kakak sister + tua old, for its noisy sororal behaviour; “KAKATOÈS, Cacatua, Briss.; Psittacus, Lath. ... Les noms kakatoès, cacatou, cacacoua, sont dérivés du cri des espèces à plumage blanc, les seules qui fussent connues de Brisson et de Buffon; elles habitent principalement les îles de l'Océan indien, telles que les Moluques, les Philippines, celles de la Sonde et de la mer Pacifique. ... Le KAKATOËS BANKSIEN, Cacatua banksii, Vieill.; Psittacus banksii, Lath. ... Le KAKATOËS A BEC COULEUR DE CHAIR, Cacatua Philippinarum, Vieill.; Psittacus Philippinarum, Lath., Buff. ... Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE BLANCHE, Cacatua cristata, Vieill.; Psittacus cristatus, Lath. ... Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE JAUNE, Cacatua sulphurea, Vieill.; Psittacus sulphureus, Lath. ... Le KAKATOËS A HUPPE ROUGE, Cacatua rosacea, Vieill.; Psittacus rosaceus, Lath.; Psittacus moluccensis, Gmel. ... Le KAKATOËS JING-WOS, Cacatua galerita, Vieill.; Psittacus galeritus, Lath. ... se trouve aussi à la Chine, où elle porte le nom de Jing-wos (oiseau qui parle) ... Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROSE, Cacatua roseicapilla, Vieill. ... Le KAKATOËS A TÊTE ROUGE, Cacatua galeata, Vieill.; Psittacus galeatus, Lath.” (Vieillot 1817); "Cacatua Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xvii. p. 6, Dec. 27th, 1817: new name for Plyctolophus Vieillot." (Mathews 1927, 312); "CACATUA Vieillot, 1817 F — Cacatua cristata, 1817; type by subsequent designation (Salvadori, 1891, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 20, pp. 115, 124). = Psittacus albus Statius Müller, 1776." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 354).
Synon. Cacatoes, Cacatus, Camptolophus, Ducorpsius, Eucacatua, Kakatoe, Licmetis, Lophochroa, Plissolophus, Plyctolophus.
ophthalmica / ophthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus of the eye < Gr. οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos of the eye < οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
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)