Pezoporus Wallicus Bird
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Pezoporus Wallicus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Psittacus wallicus Anim.Kingd.[Kerr] 1 pt2 p.581
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Pezoporus
Taxonomy Code: gropar1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Kerr
Publish Year: 1792
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PEZOPORUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Ground Parrot P. wallicus) Gr. πεζοπορος pezoporos walking, going on foot < πεζοπορεω pezoporeō to walk < πεζος pezos walking; πορος poros means of achieving; "GENUS 2. PEZOPORUS (πεζοπορος pedester) (Erdsittich Germ.). Rostrum mediocre, crassum; Maxilla basi ceromate parvo, apice adunca; Mandibula brevior, ascendens, infra convexa. Nares in ceromate prope rostri basin sitae. Lingua . . . . Pedes scansorii; Tarsus digitum anticum certe aequans. Digiti externi internis longiores. Tarsotheca reticulata; Acrodactyla scutulata. Ungues falculae rectiusculae. Species: Psittacus formosus Lath. (Perruche ingambe LeVaillant)." (Illiger 1811); "Pezoporus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 201. Type, by monotypy, Psittacus formosus Latham 1790, not of Scopoli 1769 = Psittacus wallicus Kerr." (Peters 1937, III, 272).
Var. Pezophorus, Pezeporus.
Synon. Geopsittacus.
wallicus
Mod. L. Wallicus of New South Wales < Nova Wallia Australis New South Wales, Australia.
SUBSPECIES
Ground Parrot (Western)
Latin Name: Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).
Ground Parrot (Eastern)
Latin Name: Pezoporus wallicus wallicus
wallicus
Mod. L. Wallicus of New South Wales < Nova Wallia Australis New South Wales, Australia.
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)
