Treron Chloropterus Bird

Treron Chloropterus Bird

Treron Chloropterus Bird

English Name:  Andaman Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron chloropterus
Protonym:  Treron chloroptera Ind.Sport.Rev. 2 p.28
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  pomgrp4
Type Locality:  Nicobars.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos  pigeon, dove  < τρεω treō  to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron.  Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues.  Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.

chloroptera / chloropterus
Gr. χλωρος khlōros yellow; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.