Pyrrhura Cruentata Bird
Pyrrhura Cruentata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Psittacus cruentatus ReiseBrasil. 1 p.53,72
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pyrrhura
Taxonomy Code: bltpar2
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro.
Author: zu Wied-Neuwied
Publish Year: 1820
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PYRRHURA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Parakeet P. frontalis) Gr. πυρρος purrhos red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Microsittace pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1854 (= syn. Pyrrhura molinae)); "Subfam. 2. Conurinae. ... 14. Pyrrhura, Bp. 34. vittata, Shaw. (undulata, Ill. fasciata? Spix.) 35. devillii, Mass. 36. molinae, Mass. (phonicura, Licht. pyrrhura, Reich.) 37. beryllina, Souanc. 38. melanura, Spix. 39. leucotis, Kuhl. 40. calliptera, Mass. 41. versicolor, Gm. (cyanoptera, Bodd. anaca, Wagl.) ?squamata, Lath. 42. luciani, Deville. 43. cruentata, Wied. (squamosus? Kuhl, nec Auct. erythrogaster, Shaw. cyanogularis, Spix.) 44. rupicola, Tschudi. 45. chiripepe, Vieill. ex Azara. 46. chlorogenys, Wagl. (perlatus, faem. Spix.) 47. lepida, Wagl (perlatus, mas. Spix.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pyrrhura Bonaparte, Naumannia, 6, 1856, Consp. Psitt. in Beilage no. 1, genus 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus vittatus Shaw (not of Boddaert) = Psittacus frontalis Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 194). Many parrots in this group have maroon or red tails.
pyrrhura
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus
L. cruentatus blood-stained, spotted with blood < cruentare to make bloody < cruor, cruoris blood, gore.
● "59. CERTHIA. ... cruentata. 4. C. nigro-cærulescens, subtus alba, vertice, cervice, dorso uropygioque rubris. Certhia minor, ex albo nigro & rubro varia. Edw. av. 81. t. 81. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dicaeum).
● ex “Petit pic noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 694, fig. 2 (Melanerpes).
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)