Sula Cuckoo-Dove
Sula Cuckoo-Dove
Here the details of the Sula Cuckoo-Dove named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turacoena menadensis subsp. sulaensis Bull. Liverpool IVIus. 2 p. 135.
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Turacoena
Taxonomy Code: sulcud2
Type Locality: Sula Islands.
Author: Forbes & Robinson
Publish Year: 1900
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TURACOENA
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-faced Cuckoo Dove T. manadensis) Genus Turacus Cuvier, 1800, turaco; Gr. οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; “Le second genre de Macropygieæ est TURACŒNA, Bp., ainsi composé par moi pour rappeler une forte ressemblance avec les Touracos. Il est constitué par deux espèces bien connues et bien figurées, les Col. manadensis, Quoy et Gaim., de Célèbes, à masque blanc et plumage vert doré; et Col. modesta, Temm., de Timor, à plumage noirâtre, vert sur le haut du dos seulement.” (Bonaparte 1854); "*52. Turacoena, Bp. 1854. (Macropygia, p. Gr.) Orbitae nudae: pedes brevissimi: cauda minus gradata. Oc. 2. 1. COLUMBA manadensis, Quoy et Gaim. ... 2. COLUMBA modesta, Temm." (Bonaparte 1855); "Turacoena Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 39, 1854, p. 112 [sic = 1112]. Type, by subsequent designation, Columba manadensis Quoy and Gaimard. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 150.)" (Peters 1937, III, 74).
Var. Turacaena.
Synon. Haploenas.
sulaense / sulaensis / sulana / sulanus
Sula Is., Moluccas, Indonesia.
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)