Brown-backed Parrotlet / Touit melanonotus
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Brown-backed Parrotlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus melanonotus ReiseBrasil. 1 p.275
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Touit
Taxonomy Code: brbpar1
Type Locality: Brazil.
Author: zu Wied-Neuwied
Publish Year: 1820
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
TOUIT
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet T. huetii) Tupí name Tuí eté really little parrot, for the parrotlets (“Tuiete” of Marcgrave 1648); "1508. TOUIT, Less. 1831. Pyrrhulopsis, Pr. B. 1854, nec Reichenb. 1849. (Psittacus Hueti, Temm.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Synon. Euchroura, Pyrrhulopsis, Urochroma.
melanonota / melanonotus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
● ex “Pico de punzon azul y canala” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 104 (Pipraeidea).
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)
