Dusky-billed Parrotlet / Forpus modestus
Dusky-billed Parrotlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacula modesta ReisenBrit.-Guiana[Schomburgk] 3 p.727
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Forpus
Taxonomy Code: dubpar1
Type Locality: Eraser
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus plain, modest, unassuming < modus measure, standard.
SUBSPECIES
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Schomburgk's)
SCI Name: Forpus modestus modestus
modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus plain, modest, unassuming < modus measure, standard.
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Dusky-billed)
SCI Name: Forpus modestus sclateri
sclateri
● Dr Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) English ornithologist, collector (subsp. Apalis cinerea, subsp. Asthenes wyatti, subsp. Attila spadiceus, Cacicus, syn. Campephilus gayaquilensis, subsp. Camptostoma obsoletum, syn. Casuarius casuarius, subsp. Cercomacra cinerascens, subsp. Chaetura cinereiventris, Chasiempis, subsp. Colinus leucopogon, syn. Crax fasciolata, syn. Cyanocorax affinis, Doliornis, Eudyptes, Euphonia (ex Bonaparte MS), subsp. Forpus modestus, subsp. Guttera verreauxi, syn. Heliomaster longirostris, subsp. Hirundinea ferruginea, subsp. Icterus pustulatus, Knipolegus, Lophophorus, Loriculus, subsp. Loxigilla noctis, Meliarchus, subsp. Monasa morphoeus, subsp. Myiarchus oberi, Myrmotherula, Myzomela, Nonnula, syn. Penelope barbata, subsp. Penelope montagnii, syn. Penelope obscura, Pheugopedius, Phyllomyias, Picumnus, syn. Pipreola chlorolepidota, syn. Plectropterus gambensis, Poecile, Pseudocolopteryx, syn. Rufirallus fasciatus, syn. Spinus magellanicus capitalis, subsp. Tachycineta euchrysea, subsp. Tangara aurulenta, syn. Tangara cabanisi, syn. Thamnophilus amazonicus, syn. Thraupis episcopus nesophilus, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps, subsp. Todirostrum cinereum, subsp. Tolmomyias poliocephalus, Vireo, subsp. Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus).
● William Lutley Sclater (1863-1944) English ornithologist (son of Dr Philip Lutley Sclater), Director of Cape Town Mus. 1896-1906 (syn. Apalis thoracica capensis, subsp. Caprimulgus climacurus, subsp. Cercotrichas leucophrys, syn. Chlidonias hybrida delalandii, syn. Cisticola galactotes amphilectus, subsp. Cyanomitra olivacea, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, subsp. Monticola rufocinereus, subsp. Neomixis striatigula, syn. Ploceus bicolor stictifrons, Spizocorys, syn. Turtur afer).
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)