Bronze-winged Parrot / Pionus chalcopterus
Bronze-winged Parrot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus chalcopterus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.90 p.59
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pionus
Taxonomy Code: brwpar1
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Fraser
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PIONUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Blue-headed Parrot P. menstruus) Gr. πιων piōn, πιονος pionos fat, obese; "Genus XVII. Pionus*) Wagl. Maïtaca. Rostrum subintumidum; nares, lingua et pedes Psittacorum; cauda abbreviata, aequalis, alis magnis fere tecta; caput magnum; corpus breve, crassum. Sexus colore non variant. ... Species: A. Rostro subparvo, compressiusculo: α. crisso rubro: 1. P. menstruus. — 2. P. Maximiliani. — 3. P. senilis. — 4. P. purpureus. — 5. P. sordidus. ... *) Πιων obesus. — Maïtaca audiunt hae aves apud indigenas Brasiliae" (Wagler 1832); "Pionus Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 497. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus menstruus Linné (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52)." (Peters 1937, III, 214).
Var. Pionias, Pione.
chalcopterus
Gr. χαλκοπτερος khalkopteros with wings of metallic hue, bronze-winged < χαλκος khalkos bronze, copper; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
Chalcopterus
(Glareolidae; syn. Rhinoptilus † Bronze-winged Courser R. chalcopterus) Specific name Cursorius chalcopterus Temminck, 1824; "Genera et Species typicae. ... 3. Chalcopterus RCHB. Temminckii (Curs. chalcopterus T.) R. Ic. Av. t. 365b. ic. 3543. t. 375. ic. 3131—32." (Reichenbach 1853); "Chalcopterus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXX. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, Cursorius chalcopterus Temminck, 1824." (JAJ 2020).
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)