Crimson Shining-Parrot / Prosopeia splendens
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Crimson Shining-Parrot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Platycercus splendens U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.127
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Prosopeia
Taxonomy Code: crspar1
Type Locality: Peale''s River, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands.
Author: Peale
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PROSOPEIA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Masked Shining Parrot P. personata) Gr. προσωπειον prosōpeion mask < προσωπον prosōpon face; "Subfam. V. PLATICERCINÆ. 34. PROSOPEIA, Bp. — 159. Personata, Gr." (Bonaparte 1854); "Prosopeia Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 153. Type, by monotypy, Coracopsis personata G. R. Gray." (Peters 1937, III, 250).
Synon. Layardiella, Pyrrhulopsis.
splendens
L. splendens, splendentis brilliant, glittering < splendere to shine.
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 224, fig. 3 (subsp. Volatinia jacarini).
● ex “Eclatant” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 85 (Pica artefact).
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)
