Ptilinopus Coralensis Bird

Ptilinopus Coralensis Bird

Ptilinopus Coralensis Bird

English Name:  Atoll Fruit-Dove
Latin Name:  Ptilinopus coralensis
Protonym:  Ptilinopus coralensis U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.190
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code:  atfdov1
Type Locality:  Carlshoff, i.e. Aratika Island, Paumotu Group.
Author:  Peale
Publish Year:  1848
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon  feather; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi.  Generic Character.  Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis.  Rostrum gracile.  Tarsi plumosi.  ...  PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.)  ...  Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.

coralensis
Mod. L. coralensis of coral islands  < L. coralium or corallum  coral, red coral.