Treron Vernans Bird

Treron Vernans Bird

Treron Vernans Bird

English Name:  Pink-necked Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron vernans
Protonym:  Columba vernans MantissaPlant. p.526
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  pinpig3
Type Locality:  Philippines.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1771
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.

vernans
L. vernans, vernantis  brilliant, flourishing  < ver, veris  spring.
● ex “Columba viridis Philippinensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).