Mountain Parakeet

SCI Name:  Psilopsiagon aurifrons
Protonym:  Psittacus (Lathamus) aurifrons Cent.Zool. p.63 pl.18
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Psilopsiagon
Taxonomy Code:  moupar2
Type Locality:  New Zealand, error = Peru.
Author:  Lesson
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PSILOPSIAGON
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Mountain Parakeet P. aurifrons) Gr. ψιλος psilos  naked; σιαγων siagōn, σιαγονος siagonos  jawbone; “Psilopsiagon gen. nov.  Type, Trichoglossus aurifrons Wagler.  Differs from Bolborhynchus Bonaparte in having the feathers of the cheeks short (normal), not covering sides of mandible; tail shorter than wing; bill relatively longer and narrower, the length of culmen nearly equal to that of tarsus, and much greater than width of mandible at base, the tip of maxilla (unguis) narrow, obtusely pointed, no gray on cheeks, throat, etc., nor brown on pileum, the latter green, the primaries blue.   (ψιλος, naked; σιαγων, jaw bone.)" (Ridgway 1912). Richmond (Card Index) notes, "Typ. error for Psilosiagon, but R.R. neglected to correct it later in the vol. He did not see the proof."
Var. Psilosiagon, Psilopogon.
Synon. Amoropsittaca.

aurifrons
L. aurum, auri  gold; frons, frontis  forehead, brow, front.
● ex “Petit merle de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Yellow-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Chloropsis).
● ex “Jaquilma Parrakeet” of Latham 1802 (Psilopsiagon).

SUBSPECIES

Mountain Parakeet (robertsi)
SCI Name: Psilopsiagon aurifrons robertsi
robertsi
● Dr Austin Roberts (1883-1948) South African zoologist (subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, syn. Chersomanes albofasciata alticola, syn. Corythornis cristatus longirostris (ex Corythornis cristata longirostris Roberts, 1932), syn. Estrilda troglodytes, syn. Glaucidium capense, Oreophilais).
● Dr Howard Radclyffe Roberts (1906-1982) US zoologist, civil administrator (subsp. Psilopsiagon aurifrons).

Mountain Parakeet (aurifrons)
SCI Name: Psilopsiagon aurifrons aurifrons
aurifrons
L. aurum, auri  gold; frons, frontis  forehead, brow, front.
● ex “Petit merle de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Yellow-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Chloropsis).
● ex “Jaquilma Parrakeet” of Latham 1802 (Psilopsiagon).

Mountain Parakeet (margaritae)
SCI Name: Psilopsiagon aurifrons margaritae
margaritae
● Margarita Nikandrovna Zilova (fl. 1897) common-law wife of Russian ornithologist Konstantin Davydof (Laurent Raty in litt.) (syn. Alectoris chukar sinaica).
● Margaret Kernochan Pulitzer née Leech (1893-1974) US author, historian, wife of publisher and sponsor Ralph Pulitzer (Batis).
● Margarethe Koenig née Westphal (1865-1943) German field-naturalist, collector, wife of zoologist Prof. A. Koenig (subsp. Chersophilus duponti).
● Gabrielle Maud Vassal née Candler (fl. 1919) collector in tropical China and Indochina (subsp. Cissa chinensis).
● Subsequent spelling by author of subspecific name Coeligena torquata margaretae Zimmer, 1948 (syn. Coeligena torquata margaretae).
● Margaret Hall Holt née Lander (b. 1894) wife of US ornithologist Ernest G. Holt (Conirostrum).
● Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (subsp. Crypturellus erythropus, subsp. Megascops choliba, subsp. Phalaenopsis brasiliana, subsp. Rallus longirostris, subsp. Xiphorhynchus susurrans).
● Hon. Margaret Mary Fraser (1881-1973) sister of explorer Simon Fraser 14th Lord Lovat (syn. Estrilda paludicola ochrogaster).
● Amelia ‘Daisy’ Woolworth Smith née Smith (b. 1858) US preparator, collector in the Neotropics, wife of naturalist Herbert Huntington Smith (Spanish name margarita for the daisy flower) (subsp. Lampornis amethystinus, subsp. Sporathraupis cyanocephala, subsp. Tangara flava).
● Margaret Fitzell Gilliard née Tifft (1918-2008) wife of US ornithologist E. Thomas Gilliard (subsp. Paradisornis rudolphi).
● Isla Santa Margarita, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Polioptila californica).
● Anne Louise Marguerite Dorst née Larpent (fl. 1956) wife of French ornithologist Jean Dorst (subsp. Psilopsiagon aurifrons).
● Marguerite Delacour (1860-1954) mother of French ornithologist Jean Delacour (Psittiparus).
● Margaret Boardman Conover (b. 1888) sister of US ornithologist Henry Boardman Conover (subsp. Zentrygon frenata).

Mountain Parakeet (rubrirostris)
SCI Name: Psilopsiagon aurifrons rubrirostris
rubrirostris
L. ruber  red; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Pato pico aplomado y roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 433 (subsp. Anas bahamensis).