Santarem Parakeet

Santarem Parakeet / Pyrrhura amazonum

Santarem Parakeet

Here the details of the Santarem Parakeet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pyrrhura amazonum
Protonym:  Pyrrhura picta amazonum Bull.Br.Orn.Club 19 p.8
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sanpar2
Type Locality:  Obidos, Brazil.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1906
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PYRRHURA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Parakeet P. frontalis) Gr. πυρρος purrhos  red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ουρα oura  tail (cf. specific name Microsittace pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1854 (= syn. Pyrrhura molinae)); "Subfam. 2. Conurinae.  ...   14. Pyrrhura, Bp.   34. vittata, Shaw. (undulata, Ill.  fasciata? Spix.)   35. devillii, Mass.   36. molinae, Mass. (phonicura, Licht.  pyrrhura, Reich.)   37. beryllina, Souanc.   38. melanura, Spix.   39. leucotis, Kuhl.   40. calliptera, Mass.   41. versicolor, Gm. (cyanoptera, Boddanaca, Wagl.)  ?squamata, Lath.   42. luciani, Deville.   43. cruentata, Wied. (squamosus? Kuhl, nec Aucterythrogaster, Shawcyanogularis, Spix.)   44. rupicola, Tschudi.   45. chiripepe, Vieill. ex Azara.   46. chlorogenys, Wagl. (perlatus, faem. Spix.)   47. lepida, Wagl (perlatus, mas. Spix.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pyrrhura Bonaparte, Naumannia, 6, 1856, Consp. Psitt. in Beilage no. 1, genus 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus vittatus Shaw (not of Boddaert) = Psittacus frontalis Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 194). Many parrots in this group have maroon or red tails.

pyrrhura
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

amazonius / amazonum / amazonus
Mod. L. Amazonus Amazonian, of Amazonia.

SUBSPECIES

Santarem Parakeet (Santarem)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura amazonum amazonum
amazonius / amazonum / amazonus
Mod. L. Amazonus Amazonian, of Amazonia.

Santarem Parakeet (Madeira)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura amazonum snethlageae
snethlageae
Dr Henriette Mathilde Maria Elisabeth Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929) German ornithologist, pioneer field worker, collector in Amazonia 1905-1929, Director of Goeldi Mus. 1914-1922 (subsp. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, Conopophaga, subsp. Hemitriccus minor, Pyrrhura).

Santarem Parakeet (Cristalino)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura amazonum lucida
lucida
L. lucidus clear, bright < lux, lucis light.