Sao Tome Green-Pigeon
Sao Tome Green-Pigeon
Here the details of the Sao Tome Green-Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba S. Thomae Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.778
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: stgpig1
Type Locality: Sao Thome.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
sanctithomae
Late L. sanctus saint < L. sanctus holy < sancire to consecrate; Thomas Thomas.
● Erroneous TL. Island of St Thomas (= Brazilian Amazons); ex “Petite Perruche de l’île Saint-Thomas” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 456, fig. 1 (Brotogeris).
● St Thomas, Virgin Is., West Indies (subsp. Coereba flaveola).
● Erroneous TL. São Thomé I. (West Africa) (= Santo Tomás, Guatemala) (Dendrocolaptes).
● São Tomé; "Sycobius St-Thomæ, nob. ... Hab. l'île St-Thomé" (Hartlaub 1848) (Ploceus).
● São Tomé; ex “Wild pigeon from S. Thomas island” of Ray 1713, “Columba viridis insulae S. Thomae” of Brisson 1760, “Pigeon vert de l’Île de Saint-Thomas” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “S. Thomas’s Pigeon” of Latham 1781 (Treron).
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)