Red-throated Parrotfinch

SCI Name:  Erythrura psittacea
Protonym:  Fringilla psittacea Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.903
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Erythrura
Taxonomy Code:  retpar3
Type Locality:  New Caledonia.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
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.

psittacea
Mod. L. psittaceus  parrot-like  < L. psittacus  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos  parrot.
● ex “Parrot Finch” of Latham 1783 (Erythrura).
● ex “Parrot-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (‡Psittirostra).
● ex “Pigeon vert des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 138 (syn. Treron vernans).
● "97. EMBERIZA.  ...  psittacea.  11. E. cinereo-fusca, alis fulvis, rectricibus duabus longissimis.  Fringilla brasiliensis. Seb. mus. I. p. 103. t. 66. f. 5.  Habitat in America australi." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).