White-crowned Parrot / Pionus senilis
WBN 
White-crowned Parrot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus senilis Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.42 pl.31 fig.1
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pionus
Taxonomy Code: whcpar
Type Locality: No locality, Vera Cruz, Mexico, designated by Griscom, Am. Mus. Novit., no. 379, 1929, p. 6.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PIONUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Blue-headed Parrot P. menstruus) Gr. πιων piōn, πιονος pionos fat, obese; "Genus XVII. Pionus*) Wagl. Maïtaca. Rostrum subintumidum; nares, lingua et pedes Psittacorum; cauda abbreviata, aequalis, alis magnis fere tecta; caput magnum; corpus breve, crassum. Sexus colore non variant. ... Species: A. Rostro subparvo, compressiusculo: α. crisso rubro: 1. P. menstruus. — 2. P. Maximiliani. — 3. P. senilis. — 4. P. purpureus. — 5. P. sordidus. ... *) Πιων obesus. — Maïtaca audiunt hae aves apud indigenas Brasiliae" (Wagler 1832); "Pionus Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 497. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus menstruus Linné (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52)." (Peters 1937, III, 214).
Var. Pionias, Pione.
senilis
L. senilis of an old man, senile (i.e. white-haired, hoary) < senex, senis old person.
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)
