Red-faced Parrot

SCI Name:  Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Protonym:  Pionopsitta pyrrhops Ibis p.495
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Hapalopsittaca
Taxonomy Code:  refpar2
Type Locality:  Santa Rita and San Lucas, Ecuador.
Author:  Salvin
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

HAPALOPSITTACA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Rusty-faced Parrot H. amazonina) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos  delicate; ψιττακη psittakē  parrot; "Hapalopsittaca gen. nov.  Type, Psittacus amazoninus Des Murs.  Differing from Pionopsitta Bonaparte (type and only species Psittacus pileatus Scopoli) in having the bill relatively much narrower, with maxilla compressed laterally, its width at base equal to but little more than half the length (chord) of culmen; maxillary tomium without distinct, if any, post-ungual notch or "tooth"; base of mandible beneath narrowly and deeply concave; tenth (outermost) primary equal to seventh; lores densely feathered; auricular feathers narrow, somewhat elongated; tail dusky blue distally, dusky red proximally, and sexes alike in color.  ('Aπαλος, delicate; ψιττακη, a parrot.)" (Ridgway 1912); "Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 25, 1912, p. 100.  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Psittacus amazoninus Des Murs." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 212).

pyrrhops
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  countenance, eye (cf. πυρωπος purōpos  fiery-eyed).