Andaman Green-Pigeon
Andaman Green-Pigeon
Here the details of the Andaman Green-Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Treron chloroptera Ind.Sport.Rev. 2 p.28
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: pomgrp4
Type Locality: Nicobars.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
chloroptera / chloropterus
Gr. χλωρος khlōros yellow; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
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)