Treron Floris Bird

Treron Floris Bird

Treron Floris Bird

English Name:  Flores Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron floris
Protonym:  Treron floris Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1863) (1863), Pt3 p.496
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  flgpig1
Type Locality:  Flores and Solor; the type is from Flores.
Author:  Wallace
Publish Year:  1864
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos  pigeon, dove  < τρεω treō  to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron.  Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues.  Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.

floris
Flores, Lesser Sundas, Dutch East Indies (= Indonesia) (cf. L. flos, floris flower).