Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon
Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon
Here the details of the Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba Pompadora Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.775
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: pogpig1
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
pompadora / pompadura
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764) mistress of Louis XV King of France and whose favourite colour was purple. The vessel containing a collection of birds destined for the marquise was captured by Captain Washington Shirley and the skins ended up in the hands of English naturalists.
● ex “Tangara pourpré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 128 (syn. Ramphocelus carbo).
● ex “Pompadour Pigeon” (= ♂) and “Yellow-faced Pigeon” (= ♀) of Brown 1776, and “Pompadour Pigeon” of Latham 1783: “wing coverts of a fine pompadour colour” (Treron).
● ex “Cotinga purpurea” of Brisson 1760, Turdus puniceus Pallas, 1764, and “Pompadour” of Edwards 1764 (syn. Xipholena punicea).
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)