Buru Racquet-tail / Prioniturus mada
Buru Racquet-tail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Prioniturus mada Novit.Zool. 7 p.230
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Prioniturus
Taxonomy Code: burtai1
Type Locality: Mount Mada, 3000 feet, Buru.
Author: Hartert, E
Publish Year: 1900
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PRIONITURUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Golden-mantled Racquet-tail P. platurus) Genus Prionites Illiger, 1811, motmot; Gr. ουρα oura tail; "Genus V. Prioniturus ***) Wagl. Momotsittich. Character generis praecedentis [Nymphicus]; rostrum validum; rectrices duae intermediae ante apicem nudae. Species Asiae incola. Vitae ratio ignota. Species: 1. P. platurus. ... ***) Sic dictus ob caudae structuram ut in Prionite Momoto. Prionites (avis) et ουρα cauda." (Wagler 1832); "Prioniturus Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 490. Type, by monotypy, Psittacus platurus Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 236).
Synon. Discosurus, Urodiscus.
mada
Mt. Mada, Buru, Moluccas.
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)