Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
Here the details of the Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba phaenicoptera IndexOrn. 2 p.597
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: yefpig1
Type Locality: India.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
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.
PHOENICOPTERUS
(Phoenicopteridae; Ϯ American Flamingo P. ruber) L. phoenicopterus flamingo < Gr. φοινικοπτερος phoinikopteros flamingo < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing; despite its erratic appearance and breeding habits, the Greater Flamingo P. roseus was well known to the ancients, and served up as a delicacy at the tables of the wealthy; "72. PHOENICOPTERUS. Rostrum denudatum, infracto-incurvatum. Pedes palmati, tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus." (Kahl in Peters 1979, I, ed. 2, 269). Linnaeus's Phoenicopterus comprised a single species.
Var. Phönicopterus, Phenicopterus, Phaenicopterus.
Synon. Gervaisia, Harrisonavis, Phoenicorodias.
phoenicopterus
Gr. φοινικοπτερος phoinikopteros red-feathered < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Purple-shouldered Pigeon” of Latham 1787 (Treron).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (phillipsi)
SCI Name: Treron phoenicopterus phillipsi
phillipsi / phillipsii
● Dr Allan Robert Phillips (1914-1996) US ornithologist, taxonomist, collector (subsp. Aimophila ruficeps, subsp. Baeolophus wollweberi, subsp. Cardinalis cardinalis, subsp. Catharus ustulatus, subsp. Certhia americana, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Cyanocitta stelleri, syn. Icterus spurius, subsp. Pachysylvia decurtata, subsp. Setophaga petechia, Tangara).
● Maj. William Watt Addison Phillips (1892-1981) British tea-planter, naturalist in Ceylon (subsp. Alcedo meninting, syn. Ardeola grayii (Martin Schneider in litt.), subsp. Dumetia hyperythra, subsp. Treron phoenicopterus).
● Dr John Charles Phillips (1876-1938) US conservationist, ornithologist, philanthropist, world traveller (syn. Anthus correndera grayi, subsp. Turdus migratorius).
● Eponym; "Anthreptes collaris phillipsi new race. ... Type.—In the British Museum. Female: Lofu River, Northern Rhodesia, collected by S. A. Neave, 17 August, 1908." (C. M. N. White 1950, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 70, 41); doubtless after either (1) Edwin Percy Phillips (1884-1967) South African botanist, taxonomist, or (2) Charles Malcolm Phillips (1918-1990) British surgeon, ophthalmologist in Northern Rhodesia (Martin Schneider in litt.) (syn. Hedydipna collaris garguensis).
● Dr Benjamin Phillips (1805-1861) British physician, naturalist, bibliophile, friend of Audubon (syn. Leuconotopicus villosus).
● Ethelbert Edward Lort Phillips (1857-1944) English businessman, explorer, big-game hunter in East Africa 1885-1895 (Oenanthe).
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (chlorigaster)
SCI Name: Treron phoenicopterus chlorigaster
chlorigaster
Gr. χλωρος khlōros yellow; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (phoenicopterus)
SCI Name: Treron phoenicopterus phoenicopterus
PHOENICOPTERUS
(Phoenicopteridae; Ϯ American Flamingo P. ruber) L. phoenicopterus flamingo < Gr. φοινικοπτερος phoinikopteros flamingo < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing; despite its erratic appearance and breeding habits, the Greater Flamingo P. roseus was well known to the ancients, and served up as a delicacy at the tables of the wealthy; "72. PHOENICOPTERUS. Rostrum denudatum, infracto-incurvatum. Pedes palmati, tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus." (Kahl in Peters 1979, I, ed. 2, 269). Linnaeus's Phoenicopterus comprised a single species.
Var. Phönicopterus, Phenicopterus, Phaenicopterus.
Synon. Gervaisia, Harrisonavis, Phoenicorodias.
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (viridifrons)
SCI Name: Treron phoenicopterus viridifrons
viridifrons
L. viridis green < virere to be green; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (annamensis)
SCI Name: Treron phoenicopterus annamensis
annamense / annamensis
Annam Protectorate, French Indochina (= central Vietnam).
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)