Slender-billed Parakeet
Slender-billed Parakeet
Here the details of the Slender-billed Parakeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacara leptorhyncha Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.1 p.14
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Enicognathus
Taxonomy Code: slbpar1
Type Locality: Chiloe Island.
Author: King, PP
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ENICOGNATHUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Slender-billed Parakeet E. leptorhynchus) Gr. ἑνικος henikos singular; gnathos lower jaw (see Leptorynchus); "ENICOGNATHUS, n. Psittacara, King. Sittace, Wagl. Leptorhynchus, Swains.a (1837). Psittacaria, Meyen. E. leptorhynchus, (King,) n. Lear's Parrots, pl. 11. P. rectirostra, Meyen. L. ruficaudus, Swains. ... aPreviously employed." (G. Gray 1840); "Enicognathus G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 51. Type, by monotypy, E. leptorhynchus (King) = Psittacara leptorhyncha King." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 199).
Var. Enicognathas.
Synon. Hylorynchus, Leptorynchus, Microsittace, Stylorhynchus.
leptorhynchus
Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, slender; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
Leptorhynchus
Gr. λεπτος leptos slender; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill;
● (syn. Cladorhynchus Ϯ Banded Stilt C. leucocephalus) "LEPTORHYNQUE. LEPTORHYNCHUS ...L'oiseau qui fait le type de ce nouveau genre a beaucoup de rapports avec les Avocettes, dont il a la plupart des caractéres. Comme elles, il a le bec aminci, déprimé et lisse ...mais il en diffère essentiellement, parce que son bec est droit et non terminé en pointe aiguë ...Nous l'avons appelé Leptorhynque (λεπτος grêle, et ρυγχος [sic] bec), à cause de l'extrême ténuité de son bec relativement à son taille" (Dubus de Ghisignies 1835).
● (syn. Psilorhamphus Ϯ Spotted Bamboo-wren P. guttatus) "LEPTORHYNCHUS, mihi. λεπτος tenuis, ῥυγχος rostrum. MYIOTHERA, P. Max. ?EDELA, Less. BEC droit, long, grêle un peu plus haut que large, comprimé sur toute la dernière moitié" (Ménétriés 1835).
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)