Oceanic Parrot / Eclectus infectus
WBN Oceanic Parrot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pacific Science 60(1) 137-145
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Eclectus
Taxonomy Code: ocepar1
Type Locality:
Author: Steadman
Publish Year: 2006
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
ECLECTUS
(Psittacidae; † Moluccan Eclectus E. roratus) Gr. εκλεκτος eklektos selected, chosen < εκλεκτοω eklektoō to be separated; the male Eclectus Parrots have shining green plumage, with red flanks and blue in the wings; the females are markedly different, with shining red and purple plumage; "Eclectus *) Wagl., Edellori ... plumae capitis collique discretae, subsericeae ... *) Eκλεκτος electus" (Wagler 1832); "Eclectus Wagler, 1832, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl. 1: 495. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840. List Gen. Birds: 52), Psittacus grandis Gmelin = Psittacus roratus (P. L. S. Müller)." (Beehler and Pratt, 2016, Birds New Guinea, p. 264).
Var. Electus.
Synon. Larius, Polychlorus.
infectus
L. infectus dyed, stained, coloured < inficere to stain (cf. infectus unaccomplished, unfinished < in- not; factus wrought < facere to make).
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)
