White-winged Parakeet / Brotogeris versicolurus
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White-winged Parakeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus versicolurus Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.75
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Brotogeris
Taxonomy Code: whwpar
Type Locality: Cayenne, ex Buffon.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BROTOGERIS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Grey-cheeked Parakeet B. pyrrhoptera) Gr. βροτογηρυς brotogērus with human voice < βροτος brotos man; γηρυς gērus voice. This epithet of the parrot was first mentioned by Crinagoras (1st cent. AD). "Brotogeris. ‡ ... ‡ BROTOGERIS. Rostrum attenuatum compressum: mandibula inferiore elongata vix emarginata. Alæ mediocres: remigibus tribus primis fere æqualibus. Pedes mediocres. Cauda subelongata, gradata. Typus genericus. Ps. pyrrhopterus. Lath." (Vigors 1825); "Brotogeris Vigors, Zool. Journ., 2, 1825, p. 400. Type, by original designation, Psittacus pyrrhopterus Latham." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 205).
Var. Bratogeris, Brotogerys.
Synon. Caica, Psittacula, Psittovius, Sittace, Tirica.
versicolurus
L. versicolor, versicoloris versicoloured < vertere to change; color, coloris colour; Gr. -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Petite Perruche verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 359 (Brotogeris).
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)
