Treron Olax Bird

Treron Olax Bird

Treron Olax Bird

English Name:  Little Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron olax
Protonym:  Columba olax Pl.Col. livr.41 pl.241
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  ligpig1
Type Locality:  Sumatra.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1823
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

olax
L. olax, olacis  odorous  < olere  to smell.