Red-eared Parrotfinch / Erythrura coloria
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Red-eared Parrotfinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Erythrura coloria Postilla no.50 p.18
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Erythrura
Taxonomy Code: reepar2
Type Locality: Mt. Katanglad, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Mindanao.
Author: Ripley & Rabor
Publish Year: 1961
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.
coloria
L. colorius variegated, coloured < color, coloris colour.
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)
