Striated Lorikeet / Charmosyna multistriata
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Striated Lorikeet
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Protonym: Charmosynopsis multistriata Bull.Br.Orn.Club 27 p.45
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Charmosyna
Taxonomy Code: strlor1
Type Locality: Upper Setekwa River, New Guinea.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1911
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CHARMOSYNA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Papuan Lorikeet C. papou) Gr. χαρμοσυνος kharmosunos glad, joyful, festive < χαρμα kharma, χαρματος kharmatos joy, delight < χαιρω khairō to rejoice; συν sun together; "Genus X. Charmosyna ***) Wagl. Sittichlori. Rostrum, lingua et pedes Trichoglossorum; cauda longula, cuneata, rectricibus duabus intermediis longissimis. Australiae incola. Vitae ratio ignota. Species: 1. Ch. papuensis. ... ***) Xαρμοσυνος amoenus. — Avis generis naturaliter connectit psittacos praecedentes longicaudatos [Trichoglossus] cum sequentibus [Eos], qui rubri sunt et caudam conico-acuminatam habent." (Wagler 1832); "Charmosyna Wagler, Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 493. Type, by monotypy, Ch. papuensis = Psittacus papuensis Gmelin = Psittacus papou Scopoli." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 158).
Var. Charmosina.
Synon. Charminetta, Charmosynopsis, Hypocharmosyna, Pyrrhodes.
charmosyna
Gr. χαρμοσυνος kharmosunos glad, joyful, festive < χαρμα kharma, χαρματος kharmatos joy, delight < χαιρω khairō to rejoice; συν sun together.
multistriata / multistriatus
L. multi- many < multus much; striatus striated < striare to striate < stria furrow.
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)
