Sulphur-breasted Parakeet / Aratinga maculata
Sulphur-breasted Parakeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.74
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Aratinga
Taxonomy Code: subpar1
Type Locality:
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ARATINGA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Sun Parakeet A. solstitialis) Tupí name Ará tinga bright bird or bright parrot, for a type of parrot; "GENUS. II. ARATINGA. Macrurus, minor, mordax; orbitis nudiusculis; genis angustis, vix vel raro nudis; rostro dentato, graciliore; cauda longiuscula, cuneata; rectricibus intermediis longioribus. SPECIES 1. ARATINGA CAROLINAE AUGUSTAE. ... SPECIES 2. ARATINGA HAEMORRHOUS. ... SPECIES. 3. ARATINGA CHRYSOCEPHALUS. ... SPECIES 4. ARATINGA LUTEUS SIVE GUAROUBA. ... SPECIES 5. ARATINGA XANTHOPTERUS. ... SPECIES 6. ARATINGA ACUTIROSTRIS. ... SPECIES 7. ARATINGA AURIFRONS. ... SPECIES 8. ARATINGA CYANOGULARIS. ... SPECIES 9. ARATINGA FLAVIVENTER. ... SPECIES 10. ARATINGA CAIXANA. ... SPECIES 11. ARATINGA NINUS. ... SPECIES 12. ARATINGA PERLATUS. ... SPECIES 13. ARATINGA FASCIATUS. ... SPECIES 14. ARATINGA MELANURUS. ... SPECIES 15. ARATINGA NOBILIS SIVE GUIANENSIS. ... SPECIES 16. ARATINGA AUREUS ... SPECIES 17. ARATINGA PERTINAX ... SPECIES 18. ARATINGA VIRESCENS" (von Spix 1824); "Aratinga Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 29. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus luteus Boddaert = Psittacus solstitialis Linné. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 87.)" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 185).
Synon. Conurus, Gymnopsittacus, Nandayus, Petacula.
maculata
L. maculatus spotted, blotched < maculare to make spotted < macula spot (cf. Late Med. L. maculatus reticulated, chain-mailed).
● ex “Pivote ortolane de Provence” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 654, fig. 2, “Pivote ortolane” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “”Spotted Wheat-ear” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Anthus trivialis).
● ex “Barbu à ventre tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 1 (syn. Bucco tamatia).
● ex “Crabier tacheté de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 912, and “Crabier vert tacheté” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Butorides striata virescens).
● ex “Soui-manga varié” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Chalcomitra fuliginosa).
● ex “Spotted-winged Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Chasiempis sandwichensis).
● ex “Cock Purple-breasted Manakin” of Edwards 1764, and “Cotinga du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 188 (Cotinga).
● ex “Gobe-mouche noir de Lorraine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 565, figs. 2, 3 (syn. Ficedula hypoleuca).
● ex “Matkneltzel” and “Matkern” of Willughby 1676 and Ray 1713, “Porphyrio punctulatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Speckled Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinula chloropus).
● ex “Hatí manchado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).
● ex “Paloma parda manchada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 322 (syn. Zenaida auriculata chrysauchenia).
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)