Poicephalus Cryptoxanthus Bird
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Poicephalus Cryptoxanthus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Psittacus (Poiocephalus) cryptoxanthus Ber.K.Preuss.Akad.Wiss.Berlin p.371
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Poicephalus
Taxonomy Code: brhpar2
Type Locality: Inhambane, Mozambique.
Author: Peters, W
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POICEPHALUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Senegal Parrot P. senegalus) Gr. φαιος phaios grey, dusky; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head; "POICEPHALUS, Sw. Wings very long, reaching to the end of the tail; the first quill scarcely shorter than the second; the inner web of the first three primaries suddenly narrowed beyond the middle, and then obliquely truncated at the tip. Tail very short, even; the feathers broad, truncate, but the shafts prolonged into mucronate points. Tropics of the Old World only; representing Palæornis. Senegalensis. Le Vail. pl. 116. Geoffroyi. Ib. 112. melanocephalus. Ib. 133. pileatus. Ib. 133. Barrabandi. Ib. 134. aureus. Le Vaill. pl. 138. Swinderianus. Lear. Psitt. pl. 42. torquata. Ib. 40. taranta. Ib. 39." (Swainson 1837); "Poicephalus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 301. Type, by subsequent designation, P. senegalensis (L.) Swainson = Psittacus senegalus Linné (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52)." (Peters 1937, III, 224).
Var. Paeocephalus, Phaeocephalus, Piocephalus, Poeocephalus (Gr. ποια poia grass), Poiecephalus, Poiocephalus (Gr. πολιος polios grey).
Synon. Eupsittacus, Micropsittacus, Notopsittacus.
poicephalus
Gr. φαιος phaios grey, dusky; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
cryptoxanthus
Gr. κρυπτος kruptos hidden; ξανθος xanthos yellow.
SUBSPECIES
Brown-headed Parrot (tanganyikae)
Latin Name: Poicephalus cryptoxanthus tanganyikae
tanganicae / tanganjicae / tanganyicae / tanganyika / tanganyikae
Lake Tanganyika, east Africa.
Brown-headed Parrot (cryptoxanthus)
Latin Name: Poicephalus cryptoxanthus cryptoxanthus
cryptoxanthus
Gr. κρυπτος kruptos hidden; ξανθος xanthos yellow.
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)
