Spot-winged Parrotlet
Spot-winged Parrotlet
Here the details of the Spot-winged Parrotlet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Urochroma stictoptera Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.112 pl.11
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Touit
Taxonomy Code: spwpar2
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
TOUIT
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet T. huetii) Tupí name Tuí eté really little parrot, for the parrotlets (“Tuiete” of Marcgrave 1648); "1508. TOUIT, Less. 1831. Pyrrhulopsis, Pr. B. 1854, nec Reichenb. 1849. (Psittacus Hueti, Temm.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Synon. Euchroura, Pyrrhulopsis, Urochroma.
stictoptera / stictopterus
Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; -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)