Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove
Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove
Here the details of the Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilonopus occipitalis Gen.Birds 2 p.467 pl.118
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code: ybfdov2
Type Locality: No locality = Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi. Generic Character. Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis. Rostrum gracile. Tarsi plumosi. ... PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.) ... Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus.
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.
occipitalis
Late L. occipitalis of the back of the head, occipital < L. occipitium occiput < ob towards, over; caput, capitis head.
● ex “Azur à Calotte et à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● ex “Huppard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 2 < French huppe crest; Busard hawk (Lophaetus).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove (occipitalis)
SCI Name: Ptilinopus occipitalis occipitalis
occipitalis
Late L. occipitalis of the back of the head, occipital < L. occipitium occiput < ob towards, over; caput, capitis head.
● ex “Azur à Calotte et à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● ex “Huppard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 2 < French huppe crest; Busard hawk (Lophaetus).
Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove (incognitus)
SCI Name: Ptilinopus occipitalis incognitus
incognita / incognitus
L. incognitus unknown, not examined, not identified < in- not; cognitus known < cognoscere to recognise.
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)