Touit Dilectissimus Bird
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Touit Dilectissimus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Urochroma dilectissima Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1870) (1870), Pt3 p.788 pl.47
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Touit
Taxonomy Code: bufpar1
Type Locality: South of Merida, Venezuela.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TOUIT
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet T. huetii) Tupí name Tuí eté really little parrot, for the parrotlets (“Tuiete” of Marcgrave 1648); "1508. TOUIT, Less. 1831. Pyrrhulopsis, Pr. B. 1854, nec Reichenb. 1849. (Psittacus Hueti, Temm.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Synon. Euchroura, Pyrrhulopsis, Urochroma.
dilectissima / dilectissimus
L. dilectissimus very dear < super. dilectus beloved, dear < diligere to esteem.
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)
