Sumba Green-Pigeon / Treron teysmannii
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Sumba Green-Pigeon
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Protonym: Treron Teysmannii NotesLeydenMus. 1 p.103
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: sugpig2
Type Locality: Sumba Island.
Author: Schlegel
Publish Year: 1879
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
teysmanni / teysmannii
Johannes Elias Teijsmann (1808-1882) Dutch botanist, collector, explorer in the East Indies, Curator of Buitenzorg Gardens, Java 1831-1869 (subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, Pachycephala, Rhipidura, Treron).
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)
