Glossopsitta Concinna Bird

Glossopsitta Concinna Bird

Glossopsitta Concinna Bird

English Name:  Musk Lorikeet
Latin Name:  Glossopsitta concinna
Protonym:  Psittacus concinnus Nat.Misc. 3 pl.87,text
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Glossopsitta
Taxonomy Code:  muslor1
Type Locality:  'New Holland'' i.e. New South Wales.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1791
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GLOSSOPSITTA
(Psittacidae; Musk Lorikeet G. concinna) Gr. γλωσσα glōssa  tongue; Mod. L. psitta  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακη psittakē  parrot; the brush-tipped tongue of the Musk Lorikeet is an adaptation to feeding on nectar and pollen; "76. GLOSSOPSITTA, Bp. — 308. Australis, Lath. (Concinnus, Shaw) — 309. Pusilla, Shaw. — 310. Porphyrocephalus, Diet." (Bonaparte 1854); "Glossopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 157.  Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus australis Latham, not of Gmelin = Psittacus concinnus Shaw. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 88)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 157).
Var. Glossopsittacus, Glossoptilus
Synon. Centrourus, Glossiphus, Parvipsitta.

concinna
L. concinnus elegant, neat, pleasing.