Eos Cyanogenia Bird
Eos Cyanogenia Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Eos cyanogenia Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.4
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Eos
Taxonomy Code: blwlor1
Type Locality: No locality, restricted to Numfor [or Mafor] by Hartert, Nova Guinea, 15, 1932, p. 451.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EOS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Red-and-blue Lory E. histrio) L. Eos East, Orient < Gr. εως eōs or ηως ēōs eastern, oriental; reflecting an elegy by Ovid (Amores,VI, c. 15 BC) lamenting the death of the parrot he had given to Corinna, his mistress: "Psittacus, Eois imitatrix ales ab Indis, occidit" ("The parrot, oriental wingèd mimic from India, is dead"). The shades of an early Monty Python sketch!; "Genus XI. Eos *) Wagl. Lori. Rostrum, lingua et pedes Trichoglossorum; cauda elongata, apice conico-acuminata, latiuscula; color praedominans ruber, rarius viridis. Asiae et Australiae incolae. Vitae ratio ignota. Species: α. Ptilosi rubra: 1. E. indica. — 2. E. rubra. — 3. E. guebiensis. — 4. E. cochinchinensis. — 5. E. variegata. — ? E. Isidorii. — β. Ptilosi viridi: 6. E. cervicalis. — 7. E. ornata. ... **)[sic] Psittacus, Eois imitatrix, Ovid." (Wagler 1832); "Eos Wagler, Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 494. Type, by subsequent designation, E. indica (Gm.) = Psittacus histrio P. L. S. Müller (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 145).
eos
Gr. myth. Eos, rosy-fingered goddess of the dawn, sister to Helios and Selene < εως eōs or ηως ēōs dawn.
cyanogenia / cyanogenys
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos cheek, chin, jaw.
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)