Red-flanked Lorikeet
Red-flanked Lorikeet
Here the details of the Red-flanked Lorikeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus placentis Pl.Col. livr.93 pl.553
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Charmosyna
Taxonomy Code: reflor1
Type Locality: Utanata River, New Guinea.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHARMOSYNA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Papuan Lorikeet C. papou) Gr. χαρμοσυνος kharmosunos glad, joyful, festive < χαρμα kharma, χαρματος kharmatos joy, delight < χαιρω khairō to rejoice; συν sun together; "Genus X. Charmosyna ***) Wagl. Sittichlori. Rostrum, lingua et pedes Trichoglossorum; cauda longula, cuneata, rectricibus duabus intermediis longissimis. Australiae incola. Vitae ratio ignota. Species: 1. Ch. papuensis. ... ***) Xαρμοσυνος amoenus. — Avis generis naturaliter connectit psittacos praecedentes longicaudatos [Trichoglossus] cum sequentibus [Eos], qui rubri sunt et caudam conico-acuminatam habent." (Wagler 1832); "Charmosyna Wagler, Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 493. Type, by monotypy, Ch. papuensis = Psittacus papuensis Gmelin = Psittacus papou Scopoli." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 158).
Var. Charmosina.
Synon. Charminetta, Charmosynopsis, Hypocharmosyna, Pyrrhodes.
charmosyna
Gr. χαρμοσυνος kharmosunos glad, joyful, festive < χαρμα kharma, χαρματος kharmatos joy, delight < χαιρω khairō to rejoice; συν sun together.
placens / placentis
L. placens, placentis charming, pleasing < placere to please.
SUBSPECIES
Red-flanked Lorikeet (intensior)
SCI Name: Charmosyna placentis intensior
intensior
L. intensior, intensioris more intense < comp. intensus intense < intendere to strain.
Red-flanked Lorikeet (placentis)
SCI Name: Charmosyna placentis placentis
placens / placentis
L. placens, placentis charming, pleasing < placere to please.
Red-flanked Lorikeet (ornata)
SCI Name: Charmosyna placentis ornata
ornata
L. ornatus ornate, adorned, decorated, splendid, embellished < ornare to adorn.
Red-flanked Lorikeet (subplacens)
SCI Name: Charmosyna placentis subplacens
subplacens
● L. sub near to; specific name Psittacus placentis Temminck, 1835 (subsp. Charmosyna placentis).
● L. sub near to; specific name Elainia placens P. Sclater, 1859 (= subsp. Myiopagis viridicata) (Myiopagis).
Red-flanked Lorikeet (pallidior)
SCI Name: Charmosyna placentis pallidior
pallidior / pallidiora
L. pallidior, pallidioris paler < comp. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale.
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)