Red-eared Parakeet

SCI Name:  Pyrrhura hoematotis
Protonym:  Pyrrhura hoematotis Rev.Mag.Zool. (2), 9 p.97
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pyrrhura
Taxonomy Code:  reepar1
Type Locality:  Venezuela.
Author:  Souancé
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PYRRHURA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Parakeet P. frontalis) Gr. πυρρος purrhos  red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ουρα oura  tail (cf. specific name Microsittace pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1854 (= syn. Pyrrhura molinae)); "Subfam. 2. Conurinae.  ...   14. Pyrrhura, Bp.   34. vittata, Shaw. (undulata, Ill.  fasciata? Spix.)   35. devillii, Mass.   36. molinae, Mass. (phonicura, Licht.  pyrrhura, Reich.)   37. beryllina, Souanc.   38. melanura, Spix.   39. leucotis, Kuhl.   40. calliptera, Mass.   41. versicolor, Gm. (cyanoptera, Bodd.  anaca, Wagl.)  ?squamata, Lath.   42. luciani, Deville.   43. cruentata, Wied. (squamosus? Kuhl, nec Auct.  erythrogaster, Shaw.  cyanogularis, Spix.)   44. rupicola, Tschudi.   45. chiripepe, Vieill. ex Azara.   46. chlorogenys, Wagl. (perlatus, faem. Spix.)   47. lepida, Wagl (perlatus, mas. Spix.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pyrrhura Bonaparte, Naumannia, 6, 1856, Consp. Psitt. in Beilage no. 1, genus 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus vittatus Shaw (not of Boddaert) = Psittacus frontalis Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 194). Many parrots in this group have maroon or red tails.

pyrrhura
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

hoematotis
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.

SUBSPECIES

Red-eared Parakeet (immarginata)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura hoematotis immarginata
immarginata / immarginatus
L. in- (im- before m) without, not; marginatus bordered, edged  < marginare  to border.

Red-eared Parakeet (hoematotis)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura hoematotis hoematotis
hoematotis
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.