Crimson Shining-Parrot

Here the details of the Crimson Shining-Parrot named bird below:

SCI Name:  Prosopeia splendens
Protonym:  Platycercus splendens U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.127
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Prosopeia
Taxonomy Code:  crspar1
Type Locality:  Peale''s River, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands.
Author:  Peale
Publish Year:  1848
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

PROSOPEIA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Masked Shining Parrot P. personata) Gr. προσωπειον prosōpeion  mask  < προσωπον prosōpon  face; "Subfam. V.  PLATICERCINÆ.   34. PROSOPEIA, Bp. — 159. Personata, Gr." (Bonaparte 1854); "Prosopeia Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 153. Type, by monotypy, Coracopsis personata G. R. Gray." (Peters 1937, III, 250).
Synon. Layardiella, Pyrrhulopsis.

splendens
L. splendens, splendentis  brilliant, glittering  < splendere  to shine.
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 224, fig. 3 (subsp. Volatinia jacarini).
● ex “Eclatant” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 85 (Pica artefact).