Niam-Niam Parrot
Niam-Niam Parrot
Here the details of the Niam-Niam Parrot named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pionias crassus J.Linn.Soc.LondonZool. 17 p.429
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Poicephalus
Taxonomy Code: ninpar1
Type Locality: Ndoruma, upper Uelle River.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POICEPHALUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Senegal Parrot P. senegalus) Gr. φαιος phaios grey, dusky; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head; "POICEPHALUS, Sw. Wings very long, reaching to the end of the tail; the first quill scarcely shorter than the second; the inner web of the first three primaries suddenly narrowed beyond the middle, and then obliquely truncated at the tip. Tail very short, even; the feathers broad, truncate, but the shafts prolonged into mucronate points. Tropics of the Old World only; representing Palæornis. Senegalensis. Le Vail. pl. 116. Geoffroyi. Ib. 112. melanocephalus. Ib. 133. pileatus. Ib. 133. Barrabandi. Ib. 134. aureus. Le Vaill. pl. 138. Swinderianus. Lear. Psitt. pl. 42. torquata. Ib. 40. taranta. Ib. 39." (Swainson 1837); "Poicephalus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 301. Type, by subsequent designation, P. senegalensis (L.) Swainson = Psittacus senegalus Linné (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 52)." (Peters 1937, III, 224).
Var. Paeocephalus, Phaeocephalus, Piocephalus, Poeocephalus (Gr. ποια poia grass), Poiecephalus, Poiocephalus (Gr. πολιος polios grey).
Synon. Eupsittacus, Micropsittacus, Notopsittacus.
poicephalus
Gr. φαιος phaios grey, dusky; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
crassus
L. crassus thick, heavy, dense.
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)