Ouvea Parakeet
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Ouvea Parakeet
Here the details of the Ouvea Parakeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nymphicus uvaeensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.408 pl.26 fig.2
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Eunymphicus
Taxonomy Code: horpar3
Type Locality: Uvea, Loyalty Islands.
Author: Layard, EL & Layard, ELC
Publish Year: 1882
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EUNYMPHICUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Horned Parakeet E. cornutus) Gr. ευ eu ideal, true; genus Nymphicus Wagler, 1832, cockatiel; "EUNYMPHICUS NOMEN NOV 3 cf. Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 20, 1891, p. 590-592. (sub nom. Nymphicus.) ... 3 Replaces Nymphicus of authors, not of Wagler [1832], of Sharpe's Hand-list. Related to Cyanoramphus Bonaparte but loreal region less densely feathered, upper mandible distinctly notched; a coronal crest of two or more elongated feathers. Type, Psittacus cornutus Gmelin." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 269).
Synon. Nymphicus, Plectolophus.
uvaeensis / uveaensis
Uvea, Loyalty Is.
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)
