Green-cheeked Parakeet

Here the details of the Green-cheeked Parakeet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pyrrhura molinae
Protonym:  Conurus molinae Rev.Mag.Zool. (2), 6 p.73
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pyrrhura
Taxonomy Code:  gncpar
Type Locality:  Chile and Bolivia, i.e. Bolivia.
Author:  Massena & Souancé
Publish Year:  1854
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PYRRHURA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Parakeet P. frontalis) Gr. πυρρος purrhos  red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ουρα oura  tail (cf. specific name Microsittace pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1854 (= syn. Pyrrhura molinae)); "Subfam. 2. Conurinae.  ...   14. Pyrrhura, Bp.   34. vittata, Shaw. (undulata, Ill.  fasciata? Spix.)   35. devillii, Mass.   36. molinae, Mass. (phonicura, Licht.  pyrrhura, Reich.)   37. beryllina, Souanc.   38. melanura, Spix.   39. leucotis, Kuhl.   40. calliptera, Mass.   41. versicolor, Gm. (cyanoptera, Bodd.  anaca, Wagl.)  ?squamata, Lath.   42. luciani, Deville.   43. cruentata, Wied. (squamosus? Kuhl, nec Auct.  erythrogaster, Shaw.  cyanogularis, Spix.)   44. rupicola, Tschudi.   45. chiripepe, Vieill. ex Azara.   46. chlorogenys, Wagl. (perlatus, faem. Spix.)   47. lepida, Wagl (perlatus, mas. Spix.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pyrrhura Bonaparte, Naumannia, 6, 1856, Consp. Psitt. in Beilage no. 1, genus 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus vittatus Shaw (not of Boddaert) = Psittacus frontalis Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 194). Many parrots in this group have maroon or red tails.

pyrrhura
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

molina / molinae
Abate Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829) Chilean priest, naturalist, expelled 1768 and settled in Bologna, Italy (syn. Diuca diuca, syn. Eudyptes chrysocome, syn. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ♀, syn. Pelecanus thagus, syn. Phytotoma rara, Pyrrhura, syn. Spheniscus magellanicus (ex Diomedea chilensis Molina, 1782), syn. Vanellus chilensis).

SUBSPECIES

Green-cheeked Parakeet (flavoptera)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae flavoptera
flavoptera / flavopterus
L. flavus golden-yellow, yellow; Gr. -πτερος -pteros -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Green-cheeked Parakeet (phoenicura)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae phoenicura
phoenicura
Gr. φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos  crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros 
-tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Palumbus coeruleus madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, Columba madagascariensis Linnaeus, 1766, and “Ramier Founingo” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 266 (syn. Alectroenas madagascariensis).

Green-cheeked Parakeet (molinae)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae molinae
molina / molinae
Abate Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829) Chilean priest, naturalist, expelled 1768 and settled in Bologna, Italy (syn. Diuca diuca, syn. Eudyptes chrysocome, syn. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ♀, syn. Pelecanus thagus, syn. Phytotoma rara, Pyrrhura, syn. Spheniscus magellanicus (ex Diomedea chilensis Molina, 1782), syn. Vanellus chilensis).

Green-cheeked Parakeet (restricta)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae restricta
restricta / restrictus
L. restrictus restricted, confined < restringere to confine.

Green-cheeked Parakeet (hypoxantha)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae hypoxantha
hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; ξανθος xanthos  yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).

Green-cheeked Parakeet (australis)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura molinae australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).