Red-crowned Parakeet

SCI Name:  Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
Protonym:  Psittacus Novae Zelandiae Mus.Carls. fasc.2 no.xxviii,pl.
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Cyanoramphus
Taxonomy Code:  refpar4
Type Locality:  New Zealand, i.e. Dusky Sound, South Island.
Author:  Sparrman
Publish Year:  1787
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CYANORAMPHUS
(Psittacidae; † Black-fronted Parakeet C. zealandicus) Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; ῥαμφος  rhamphos  bill; "Conurus Phaëton   ...  rostro corneo-cœrulescente" (des Murs 1845); "Subfam. V. PLATICERCINÆ.   ...   40. CYANORAMPHUS, Bp. — 184. Pacificus, Forst. (Phaeton, O. des Murs.) — 185. Unicolor, Vig. — 186. Erythrotis, Wagl. — 187. Novæ-Zelandiæ, Sparrm. — 188. Ulietanus, Gm. — 189. Auriceps, Kuhl. " (Bonaparte 1854); "Cyanoramphus Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 153. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus pacificus "Forster" = Conurus phaeton Des Murs 1845 = Psittacus erythronotus Kuhl 1820. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 86)." (Peters, 1937, III, 269); "CYANORAMPHUS Bonaparte, 1854  M— Psittacus pacificus "Forster"; type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 86).= Psittacus zealandicus Latham, 1790" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 377).
Var. Cyanorhamphus, Cyanorhynchus (Gr. ῥυγχος  rhunkhos  bill).
Synon. Bulleria, Notopsittacus, Pallacidopsittacus, Phippspsittacus.

novaezealandiae / novaezeelandiae / novaezelandiae
L. novus  new; Mod. L. Zeelandia  Zeeland, Netherlands; i.e. New Zealand (also New Zeeland or New Zeland, which received its name from the explorer Abel Tasman who explored the west coast in 1642, naming it Nova Zeelanda after his Dutch home).
● ex “Pacific Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Cyanoramphus).
● Erroneous TL New Zealand (= probably Brazil) (syn. Megascops watsonii).
● Erroneous TL. New Zealand (= Falkland Islands) (syn. Phalcoboenus australis).

SUBSPECIES

Red-crowned Parakeet (cyanurus)
SCI Name: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cyanurus
cyanurus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Blue fork-tailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1822 (syn. Aglaiocercus kingi).
● ex “Blue-rumped Parrakeet” of Latham 1787 (Psittinus).
● ex “Héoro-taire bleu” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (?syn. Zosterops lateralis).
● ex “Avis yayauquitototl” of Seba 1734-1754, “Polytmus mexicanus longicaudus” of Brisson 1760, “Brin bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-tailed Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (unident.).

Red-crowned Parakeet (novaezelandiae)
SCI Name: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae
novaezealandiae / novaezeelandiae / novaezelandiae
L. novus  new; Mod. L. Zeelandia  Zeeland, Netherlands; i.e. New Zealand (also New Zeeland or New Zeland, which received its name from the explorer Abel Tasman who explored the west coast in 1642, naming it Nova Zeelanda after his Dutch home).
● ex “Pacific Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Cyanoramphus).
● Erroneous TL New Zealand (= probably Brazil) (syn. Megascops watsonii).
● Erroneous TL. New Zealand (= Falkland Islands) (syn. Phalcoboenus australis).

Red-crowned Parakeet (chathamensis)
SCI Name: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae chathamensis
chathamensis / chathamica
Chatham Is., Pacific Ocean (named after HMS Chatham, commanded by Lt. Broughton, who discovered the islands in 1791).

Red-crowned Parakeet (erythrotis)
SCI Name: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis
erythrotis
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -ωτις -ōtis -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.