Treron Teysmannii Bird

Treron Teysmannii Bird

Treron Teysmannii Bird

English Name:  Sumba Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron teysmannii
Protonym:  Treron Teysmannii NotesLeydenMus. 1 p.103
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  sugpig2
Type Locality:  Sumba Island.
Author:  Schlegel
Publish Year:  1879
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

teysmanni / teysmannii
Johannes Elias Teijsmann (1808-1882) Dutch botanist, collector, explorer in the East Indies, Curator of Buitenzorg Gardens, Java 1831-1869 (subsp. Cinnyris jugularis, Pachycephala, Rhipidura, Treron).