Green-rumped Parrotlet

SCI Name:  Forpus passerinus
Protonym:  Psittacus passerinus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.103
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Forpus
Taxonomy Code:  grrpar1
Type Locality:  America = Surinam by designation of Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 285.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
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.

passerinum / passerinus
L. passerinus  sparrow-like (i.e. sparrow-sized, small)  < passer, passeris  sparrow (see passerina).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  passerinus.  37. P. brachyurus luteo virens, macula alarum alisque subtus cæruleis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 14.  Habitat in America.  Magnitudo Passeris.  Remiges subtus & tectrices alarum primariæ cæruleæ.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Forpus).
● "42. STRIX.  ...  passerina.  11. S. capite lævi, remigibus albis: maculis quinque ordinum. Fn. Svec. 53.  Noctua minima. Gesn. av. 620. Aldr. ornith. l. 8. c. 7. Will. ornith. 69. t. 13. Raj. av. 26. n. 6. Alb. av. 2. p. 12. t. 12. Frisch. av. t. 100.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Glaucidium).
● ex “Petit pic de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Veniliornis).

SUBSPECIES

Green-rumped Parrotlet (cyanophanes)
SCI Name: Forpus passerinus cyanophanes
cyanophanes
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -φανης -phanēs showing, shining < φαινω phainō to show.

Green-rumped Parrotlet (viridissimus)
SCI Name: Forpus passerinus viridissimus
viridissima / viridissimum / viridissimus
L. viridissimus  very green  < super. viridis  green  < virere  to be green.
● ex “Or-vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “All-green Humming-bird” of Edwards 1758-1764, and Latham 1782 (?syn. Chlorostilbon prasinus).
● ex “Tanagra gyrola” of Swainson 1829 (Tangara).

Green-rumped Parrotlet (passerinus)
SCI Name: Forpus passerinus passerinus
passerinum / passerinus
L. passerinus  sparrow-like (i.e. sparrow-sized, small)  < passer, passeris  sparrow (see passerina).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  passerinus.  37. P. brachyurus luteo virens, macula alarum alisque subtus cæruleis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 14.  Habitat in America.  Magnitudo Passeris.  Remiges subtus & tectrices alarum primariæ cæruleæ.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Forpus).
● "42. STRIX.  ...  passerina.  11. S. capite lævi, remigibus albis: maculis quinque ordinum. Fn. Svec. 53.  Noctua minima. Gesn. av. 620. Aldr. ornith. l. 8. c. 7. Will. ornith. 69. t. 13. Raj. av. 26. n. 6. Alb. av. 2. p. 12. t. 12. Frisch. av. t. 100.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Glaucidium).
● ex “Petit pic de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Veniliornis).

Green-rumped Parrotlet (cyanochlorus)
SCI Name: Forpus passerinus cyanochlorus
cyanochlorus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; χλωρος khlōros green.

Green-rumped Parrotlet (deliciosus)
SCI Name: Forpus passerinus deliciosus
deliciosa / deliciosus
L. deliciosus delicate, delightful, delicious < deliciae allurements, delights.