Red-fronted Parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Here the details of the Red-fronted Parrot named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pionus gulielmi Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p."64-14" pl.28
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Poicephalus
Taxonomy Code: refpar5
Type Locality: Congo.
Author: Jardine
Publish Year: 1849
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.
gulielmi
Med. L. Guilelmus William.
● S. B. Williams (fl. 1870) of Paradise & Victoria Nurseries, London (syn. Lorius lory erythrothorax).
● Capt. William Jardine (1834-1869) son of Sir William Jardine, Bt., Scottish ornithologist (Poicephalus).
SUBSPECIES
Red-fronted Parrot (Guinean)
SCI Name: Poicephalus gulielmi fantiensis
fantensis / fantiensis / fantisiensis
Fanti or Fantee, Gold Coast / Ghana.
Red-fronted Parrot (Red-fronted)
SCI Name: Poicephalus gulielmi gulielmi/massaicus
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.
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)