Varied Lorikeet / Psitteuteles versicolor
WBN 
Varied Lorikeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trichoglossus versicolor Ill.Psittac.[Lear] pt7 pl.36
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Psitteuteles
Taxonomy Code: varlor1
Type Locality: No locality = Cape York, Queensland, apud Mathews infra.
Author: Lear
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PSITTEUTELES
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Varied Lorikeet P. versicolor) Specific name Psittacus euteles Temminck, 1835; "75. PSITTEUTELES, Bp. — 304. Versicolor, Vig. — 305. Iris, Temm. — 306. Euteles, Temm. — 307. Placens, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854); "Psitteuteles Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 157. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus versicolor Vigors, i.e. Trichoglossus versicolor Lear. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 88.)" (Peters 1937, III, 151).
Synon. Ptilosclera.
versicolor
L. versicolor, versicoloris of various colours < vertere to change; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Perroquet de La Havane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 360 (Amazona).
● ex “Barbu des Maynas” of Brisson 1760 (Eubucco).
● ex “Perruche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 144, “Perruche, no. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Perruche à gorge variée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Wave-breasted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Pyrrhura picta).
● ex "Pato pico de tres colores" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 440 (Spatula).
● ex “Variable Crow” of Latham 1801 (Strepera).
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)
