Blue-winged Parrotlet / Forpus xanthopterygius
Blue-winged Parrotlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittaculus xanthopterygius Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.38 pl.34 fig.1
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Forpus
Taxonomy Code: blwpar4
Type Locality:
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
FORPUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Green-rumped Parrotlet F. passerinus) Probably arbitrary, but perhaps from Gr. φορεω phoreō to possess, and πους pous foot, alluding to the dextrous toes of the parrotlets. Prestwich 1963, suggests an anagram of L. profus spread out < profundere to stretch at full length, with reference to the short, wedge-shaped tail; "Forpus. Dass durch Aufstellung der Sippe Psittacula das System mit keiner natürlichen Sippe bereichert worden haben bereits andere gefühlt und ausgesprochen. Besser zu einander passen Psittacus passerinus Lin. und rufirostris, denen ich andere, die Mitte zwischen beiden haltende Conurus mit hellgrünem und blauem Gefieder anzureihen geneigt bin. Sie bilden eine der sich überall in der Natur darbietenden Suiten, die unbedenklich als Gruppe gesondert werden können, wenn gleich die sicherlich in der Lebensweise auszeichnenden Eigenthümlichkeiten noch unbekannt geblieben." (Boie 1858, Journal für Ornithologie, 6, 363); "Forpus Boie, Journ. f. Orn., 6, 1858, p. 363. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus passerinus Linné. (Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12, 1929, p. 446, note 2.) ... Replaces Psittacula Illiger 1811 not of Cuvier 1800" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 202).
Var. Forpous, Phorpus, Torpus.
Synon. Psittacula.
xanthopterygius / xanthopteryx
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing.
SUBSPECIES
Blue-winged Parrotlet (Turquoise-winged)
SCI Name: Forpus xanthopterygius spengeli
spengeli
Dr Johann Wilhelm Spengel (1852-1921) German zoologist, Director of Bremen Mus. (Forpus).
Blue-winged Parrotlet (crassirostris)
SCI Name: Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris
crassirostra / crassirostre / crassirostris
L. crassus thick, heavy; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Coucou à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 214 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (syn. Galerida magnirostris).
● ex “Thick-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Oryzoborus).
● ex “Thick-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡syn. Turnagra capensis).
Blue-winged Parrotlet (Blue-winged)
SCI Name: Forpus xanthopterygius xanthopterygius
xanthopterygius / xanthopteryx
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing.
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)