Superb Parrot
Superb Parrot
Here the details of the Superb Parrot named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus Swainsonii Dict.Sci.Nat. 39 p.39
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Polytelis
Taxonomy Code: suppar1
Type Locality: New Holland = New South Wales, a-pud IMathews.
Author: Desmarest
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POLYTELIS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Superb Parrot P. swainsonii) Gr. πολυτελης polutelēs exquisite < πολυς polus much; τελος telos expense, celebration; "Genus II. Polytelis*) Wagl. Prachtsittich. Character generis praecedentis [Palaeornis]; pedes elevati, graciles, tarso tereti. Genus Australiae proprium. Vitae ratio latet. Species: 1. P. Barrabandi. ... *) Πολυτελης exquisitus. Avis generis ob pedes altos et graciles genus sequens cum praecedente connectens." (Wagler 1832); "Polytelis Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 489. Type, by monotypy, P. barrabandi = Psittacus barrabandi Swainson, not of Kuhl = Psittacus swainsonii Desmarest." (Peters 1937, III, 246).
Var. Polyteles, Polyletes.
Synon. Barrabandius, Northipsitta, Sindelia, Spathopterus.
swainsoni / swainsonii
William Swainson (1789-1855) English naturalist, artist, collector (Buteo, syn. Campephaga flava, Catharus, Chlorostilbon, syn. Circus macrourus, syn. Coracina lineata, syn. Cossypha niveicapilla, syn. Criniger calurus verreauxi, syn. Doricha enicura, Gampsonyx, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, syn. Iduna caligata, Limnothlypis, syn. Mackenziaena severa, syn. Momotus momota bahamensis, Myiarchus (ex “Suirirí pardo amarillo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 193), syn. Myrmeciza longipes (ex Myrmothera longipes Swainson, 1825), subsp. Notharchus macrorhynchos, Onychorhynchus, syn. Pachyramphus marginatus, Passer, syn. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, syn. Phigys solitarius, syn. Philohydor lictor, syn. Phylloscopus nitidus, Polytelis, Pternistis, syn. Ptilinopus regina, subsp. Ramphastos ambiguus, syn. Struthidea cinerea, syn. Tangara sayaca, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus, syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus, syn. Turdoides jardineii, subsp. Vireo gilvus).
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)