Red-faced Parrot
Red-faced Parrot
Here the details of the Red-faced Parrot named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pionopsitta pyrrhops Ibis p.495
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Hapalopsittaca
Taxonomy Code: refpar2
Type Locality: Santa Rita and San Lucas, Ecuador.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HAPALOPSITTACA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Rusty-faced Parrot H. amazonina) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos delicate; ψιττακη psittakē parrot; "Hapalopsittaca gen. nov. Type, Psittacus amazoninus Des Murs. Differing from Pionopsitta Bonaparte (type and only species Psittacus pileatus Scopoli) in having the bill relatively much narrower, with maxilla compressed laterally, its width at base equal to but little more than half the length (chord) of culmen; maxillary tomium without distinct, if any, post-ungual notch or "tooth"; base of mandible beneath narrowly and deeply concave; tenth (outermost) primary equal to seventh; lores densely feathered; auricular feathers narrow, somewhat elongated; tail dusky blue distally, dusky red proximally, and sexes alike in color. ('Aπαλος, delicate; ψιττακη, a parrot.)" (Ridgway 1912); "Hapalopsittaca Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 25, 1912, p. 100. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Psittacus amazoninus Des Murs." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 212).
pyrrhops
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos countenance, eye (cf. πυρωπος purōpos fiery-eyed).
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)