White-naped Lory / Lorius albidinucha
WBN 
White-naped Lory
SCI Name:
Protonym: Domicella albidinucha Bull.Br.Orn.Club 45 p.7
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Lorius
Taxonomy Code: whnlor2
Type Locality: Hills on southwest coast of New Ireland.
Author: Rothschild & Hartert
Publish Year: 1924
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
LORIUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Purple-naped Lory L. domicella) Specific name Psittacus lory Linnaeus, 1758. "LORIUS. Rostrum subattenuatum; mandibula superiore valde arcuata, compressa, inferiore elongata fere integra. Lingua setosa, tubulosa? Alæ mediocres; remige 3tia longissima, 2da et 1ma gradatim paulo brevioribus, 2dæ 3tiæ et 4tæ pogoniis externis in medio gradatim latioribus. Pedes mediocres. Cauda subbrevis, subgradata, fere rotundata. Typus genericus. Ps. domicella, Linn." (Vigors 1825); "LORIUS Vigors, 1825 M— Psittacus domicella Linnaeus, 1758; type by original designation 3 ... 3 Peters (1937) used the name Domicella. The underlying conflict was resolved by the suppression of Larius Boddaert, 1783 in Opinion 938 (I.C.Z.N., 1970)." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.), 2013, 380).
Var. Lori, Loris.
Synon. Domicella.
● (syn. Eclectus Ϯ Eclectus Parrot E. roratus) (see Larius).
albidinucha / albidinuchus
L. albidus whitish < albus white; Med. L. nuchus nape, or (medical use) nucha medulla oblongata < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
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)
