Turquoise Parrot / Neophema pulchella
WBN 
Turquoise Parrot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus pulchellus Nat.Misc. 3 pl.96
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Neophema
Taxonomy Code: turpar1
Type Locality: New Holland = New South Wales.
Author: Shaw
Publish Year: 1792
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NEOPHEMA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Turquoise Parrot N. pulchella) Gr. νεος neos new; φημη phēmē fame, legend < φημι phēmi to say (cf. genus Euphema Wagler, 1832, parakeet); "49. Neophema, Salvad. ... 49. NEOPHEMA. Nanodes, part., Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 274 (1826). Nanodes, Sw. (nec V. & H.) Zool. Ill. 2nd ser. i. pt. 5, n. 21 (1829) . . . .Type N. pulchella. Lathamus, part., Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 205 (1831). Euphema, part., Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 492 (1832). Euphemia, Schleg. Dierent. p. 75 (1864). Neophema, Salvad. MS . . . .Type N. pulchella. Range. Southern Australia and Tasmania." (Salvadori 1891).
Synon. Nanodes, Neonanodes.
pulchella / pulchellum / pulchellus
L. pulchellus very pretty, beautiful little < dim. pulcher, pulchra beautiful.
● ex “Grimpereau à longue queue du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Cinnyris).
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)
