Greater Bluebonnet

SCI Name:  Northiella haematogaster
Protonym:  Platycercus haematogaster Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1837) (1837), Pt5 no.57 p.89
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Northiella
Taxonomy Code:  bluebo1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

NORTHIELLA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Bluebonnet N. haematogaster) Dim. after Alfred John North (1855-1917) Australian jeweller, oologist; "486. Psephotus haematogaster haematogaster.   ...   Note.—For this species can be used the genus name Northiella (nov.) by those who admit the genus Spathopterus. In both sexes the first five primaries are elongated into a spatulate termination, a feature which is quite missing in the type of Psephotus, P. haematonotus Gould." (Mathews 1912).

haematogaster
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.

SUBSPECIES

Greater Bluebonnet (Yellow-vented)
SCI Name: Northiella haematogaster haematogaster/pallescens
NORTHIELLA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Bluebonnet N. haematogaster) Dim. after Alfred John North (1855-1917) Australian jeweller, oologist; "486. Psephotus haematogaster haematogaster.   ...   Note.—For this species can be used the genus name Northiella (nov.) by those who admit the genus Spathopterus. In both sexes the first five primaries are elongated into a spatulate termination, a feature which is quite missing in the type of Psephotus, P. haematonotus Gould." (Mathews 1912).

Greater Bluebonnet (Red-vented)
SCI Name: Northiella haematogaster haematorrhoa
haematorrhoa / haematorrhous
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; ορρος orrhos  rump.