Purple-crowned Lorikeet / Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
WBN 
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 17 p.553
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Glossopsitta
Taxonomy Code: puclor1
Type Locality: New Holland = South Australia apud Mathews.
Author: Dietrichsen
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GLOSSOPSITTA
(Psittacidae; † Musk Lorikeet G. concinna) Gr. γλωσσα glōssa tongue; Mod. L. psitta parrot < Gr. ψιττακη psittakē parrot; the brush-tipped tongue of the Musk Lorikeet is an adaptation to feeding on nectar and pollen; "76. GLOSSOPSITTA, Bp. — 308. Australis, Lath. (Concinnus, Shaw) — 309. Pusilla, Shaw. — 310. Porphyrocephalus, Diet." (Bonaparte 1854); "Glossopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 157. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus australis Latham, not of Gmelin = Psittacus concinnus Shaw. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 88)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 157).
Var. Glossopsittacus, Glossoptilus.
Synon. Centrourus, Glossiphus, Parvipsitta.
porphyrocephala
Gr. πορφυρα porphura purple; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
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)
