Tanna Fruit-Dove / Ptilinopus tannensis
Tanna Fruit-Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba tannensis IndexOrn. 2 p.600
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code: tafdov1
Type Locality: Tanna Island, New Hebrides.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi. Generic Character. Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis. Rostrum gracile. Tarsi plumosi. ... PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.) ... Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus.
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.
tannaensis / tannensis
Tanna I., New Hebrides (= Vanuatu).
● ex “Hook-billed Pigeon, var.” of Latham 1783 (Ptilinopus).
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)