Seychelles Parrot

SCI Name:  Coracopsis barklyi
Protonym:  Coracopsis barklyi Proc.Zool.Soc.London Part II, Meeting of March 28, 1867 p. 346, pl. XXII
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Coracopsis
Taxonomy Code:  seypar1
Type Locality:  Praslin Island, Seychelles.
Author:  Newton, E
Publish Year:  1867
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

CORACOPSIS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Black Parrot C. nigra) Gr. κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos  raven (i.e. black)  < κρωζω krōzō  to croak; οψις opsis  appearance; "Genus XXIII.  Coracopsis **) Wagl.  Krähensittich.   Rostrum basi cera lata, nuda cinctum; maxilla intumido-compressiuscula, tomiis ad basin subintractis, sicut mandibula longa; haec versus apicem oblique ascendens, apice subattenuato-compressa; nares maximae, patulae; cauda longa, lata, plana, subaequalis; lingua et pedes Psittacorum.  Plumae corvinae sed sine nitore metallico; pili in loris et prope nares.   Africae incolae, ubi locum Platycercorum divisionis β. tenent. Vitae ratio ignota.   Species: 1. C. mascarina. — 2. C. nigra.   ...  **) Kοραξ corvus et οψις vultus." (Wagler 1832); "Coracopsis Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 501. Type, by subsequent designation, C. nigra (L.) Wagl. Edwards, t. 5 = Psittacus niger Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 50.)" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 229).
Var. Caracopsis.
Synon. Vaza, Vigorsia.

barklyi
Sir Henry Barkly (1815-1898) British MP 1845-1848, Gov. of British Guiana 1848-1853, Jamaica 1853-1856, Victoria 1856-1863, Mauritius 1863-1870, and Cape Colony 1870-1877 (Coracopsis).