Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

SCI Name:  Erythrura prasina
Protonym:  Loxia prasina Mus.Carls. fasc.3 no.lxxi pl.72,73
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Erythrura
Taxonomy Code:  pitpar1
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Sparrman
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ERYTHRURA
(Estrildidae; † Pin-tailed Parrotfinch E. prasina) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; ουρα oura  tail; excepting E. hyperythra and E. kleinschmidti, all male parrotfinches have bright red rumps and tails; "Erythura, Sw.  Bill thick, lengthened, resembling that of Euplectes. Tail very long, acuminated.   E. viridis. Pl. Col. 96." (Swainson 1837); "Erythrura Swainson, 1837, Class. Birds, 2, p. 280 (originally misspelled Erythura, but universally emended).  Type, by monotypy, Erythrura viridis Temminck, 1835, Pl. Col., livr. 96 = Loxia prasina Sparrman." (Mayr in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 362). 
Var. Erythura (original spelling).   
Synon. Acalanthe, Acmura, Amblynura, Chloromunia, Chlorura, Erythrina, Lobiospiza, Lobospingus, Poedela, Reichenowia, Rhamphostruthus, Trichroa.

erythrura / erythruros / erythrurus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

prasina
L. prasinus  leek-green  < Gr. πρασινος prasinos  leek-green  < πρασον prason  leek.
● ex “Verdier de Java” of Brisson 1760 (Erythrura).

SUBSPECIES

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (prasina)
SCI Name: Erythrura prasina prasina
prasina
L. prasinus  leek-green  < Gr. πρασινος prasinos  leek-green  < πρασον prason  leek.
● ex “Verdier de Java” of Brisson 1760 (Erythrura).

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (coelica)
SCI Name: Erythrura prasina coelica
coelica
L. coelicus or caelicus  magnificent, celestial  < caelum  heaven (cf. Med. L. celicus  heavenly).