Martinique Parrot

SCI Name:  Amazona martinicana
Protonym:  Amazona martinicana Auk 22(4) p.343
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Amazona
Taxonomy Code:  marpar1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Clark
Publish Year:  1905
IUCN Status:  Extinct

DEFINITIONS

AMAZONA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Southern Mealy Amazon A. farinosa) French name “Amazone” given to various tropical American parrots by de Buffon 1770-1783, because they came from the Amazonian rainforests. The Amazon was probably first seen in 1500 by the Spanish commander Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, but real exploration of the river came with the voyage of Francisco de Orellana in 1540-1541. His florid tales of female warriors, perhaps based on a misunderstood Tupí word amassona ‘boat destroyer’, gave the river its name; "VII.^e Sous-genre. AMAZONE; Amazona.  Bec robuste, très-crochu, épais; à arête rubanée ou formant une dépression aplatie, étroite, qui suit la courbure du bec, les côtés renflés, les bords festonnés; la mandibule inférieure échancrée en avant; narines arrondies, très-ouvertes dans la cire et à rebord saillant; ailes s'étendant jusqu'au tiers de la queue; les tarses très-courts, réticulés, robustes.   26. AMAZONE MEUNIER; Amazona pulverulenta: Psittacus pulverulentus, Gm.; Levaill., Perroq., pl. 92.  ...  plumage vert pruineux et à teint glauque   ...   27. AMAZONE A FRANGES; Amazona Levaillantii: Psittacus Levaillantii, Lath.; Psittacus infuscatus, Shaw.   ...   28. AMAZONE DUFRESNE; Amazona Dufresniana: Psittacus Dufresnianus, Shaw (?); Levaill., pl. 91.   ...   29. AMAZONE A TÊTE JAUNE; Amazona icterocephala: Psittacus ocrocephalus Gm.; Buff., Enl., 312 et 313; Levaill., Perroq., pl. 98." (Lesson 1830); "Amazona Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 3, 1830, p. 189. Type, by subsequent designation, C. farinosa = Psittacus farinosus Boddaert (Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 20, 1891, p. 268)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 216).
Synon. Androglossa, Chrysotis, Oenochrus.

amazona
Mod. L. Amazonus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Amazonian Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (Chloroceryle).

martinica / martinicana / martinicensis / martinicus
Martinique, West Indies. Columbus named the island Martinica in 1502, based on Carib and Taíno names Madinina and Matinino.
● ex “Hirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Chaetura).
● ex “Certhia martinicana sive saccharivora” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Coereba bartholemica).
● ex “Gobe-mouche hupé de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (Elaenia).
● ex “Pigeon violet de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (Geotrygon).
● ex “Petite Poule-Sultane” of Brisson 1760 (Porphyrio).