Orange-winged Parrot

SCI Name:  Amazona amazonica
Protonym:  Psittacus amazonicus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.147
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Amazona
Taxonomy Code:  orwpar
Type Locality:  Surinam, error = ''le pays des Amazones,'' Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 17, p. 1910, p. 406.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Amazonica
(Thraupidae; syn. Sporophila † Chestnut-bellied Seedeater S. castaneiventris) Mod. L. Amazonicus  Amazonian  < Amazonia, the basin of the River Amazon; the range of the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater includes much of western and northern Amazonia; "Microphila Chubb, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 7. p. 192 (1921) steht im "Nom. an." ohne Originalzitat. Ist aber seit 1902 durch Reitter vergeben (in: Verh. Nat. Ver. Brünn 40, Abh. p. 257) und möge Amazonica m. genannt werden. (Fringillidae.)" (Strand 1943) (Laurent Raty in litt.); "Amazonica Strand, 1943, Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 12, p. 214.  New name for Microphila Chubb, 1921, considered preoccupied by Microphila Reitter, 1902, an incorrect spelling of Microphylla Kraatz, 1890 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2020).

SUBSPECIES

Orange-winged Parrot (amazonica)
SCI Name: Amazona amazonica amazonica
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Orange-winged Parrot (tobagensis)
SCI Name: Amazona amazonica tobagensis
tobaci / tobagensis
Tobago.
● ex “Tobago Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Amazilia).