Red-throated Parrotfinch
Red-throated Parrotfinch
Here the details of the Red-throated Parrotfinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla psittacea Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.903
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Erythrura
Taxonomy Code: retpar3
Type Locality: New Caledonia.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ERYTHRURA
(Estrildidae; † Pin-tailed Parrotfinch E. prasina) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; ουρα oura tail; excepting E. hyperythra and E. kleinschmidti, all male parrotfinches have bright red rumps and tails; "Erythura, Sw. Bill thick, lengthened, resembling that of Euplectes. Tail very long, acuminated. E. viridis. Pl. Col. 96." (Swainson 1837); "Erythrura Swainson, 1837, Class. Birds, 2, p. 280 (originally misspelled Erythura, but universally emended). Type, by monotypy, Erythrura viridis Temminck, 1835, Pl. Col., livr. 96 = Loxia prasina Sparrman." (Mayr in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 362).
Var. Erythura (original spelling).
Synon. Acalanthe, Acmura, Amblynura, Chloromunia, Chlorura, Erythrina, Lobiospiza, Lobospingus, Poedela, Reichenowia, Rhamphostruthus, Trichroa.
erythrura / erythruros / erythrurus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
psittacea
Mod. L. psittaceus parrot-like < L. psittacus parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot.
● ex “Parrot Finch” of Latham 1783 (Erythrura).
● ex “Parrot-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (‡Psittirostra).
● ex “Pigeon vert des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 138 (syn. Treron vernans).
● "97. EMBERIZA. ... psittacea. 11. E. cinereo-fusca, alis fulvis, rectricibus duabus longissimis. Fringilla brasiliensis. Seb. mus. I. p. 103. t. 66. f. 5. Habitat in America australi." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
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)