Western Parotia / Parotia sefilata
Western Parotia
SCI Name:
Protonym: Paradisea sefilata IndischeZool. p.40
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Parotia
Taxonomy Code: wespar1
Type Locality: New Guinea, restricted to the Arfak Mountains.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1781
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PAROTIA
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Western Parotia P. sefilata) Gr. παρωτις parōtis curl of hair by the ear < παρ par near; ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear; from behind the eyes of the male Western Parotia or Six-wired Bird of Paradise spring racquet-tipped head-wires; "Le sifilet. (Paradisea aurea). Noir, sans filets au croupion, mais trois longs partant de chaque oreille, terminés par un disque verd doré." (Cuvier 1798); "86. SIFILET, Parotia. Paradisea, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec garni de plumes courtes jusqu'au-delà du milieu, grêle, comprimé latéralement, tendu, échancré et fléchi à la pointe. — Plumes hypochondriales, longues, larges, décomposées. Esp. Sifilet, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Parotia Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 35. Type, by monotypy, "Sifilet, Buff." = P. sefilata Pennant." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, 194). Cracraft 1992, considered that Parotia consisted of ten well-differentiated species.
Var. Parotica (παρ par near; ωτικος ōtikos of the ear), Parolia.
Synon. Otostylis.
sefilata
L. sex six; Late L. filatus threaded < filare to thread < filum, fili thread.
● ex “Manucode à six filets” of Brisson 1760, and “Sifilet de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 633 (Parotia).
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)