Royal Parrotfinch

Here the details of the Royal Parrotfinch named bird below:

SCI Name:  Erythrura regia
Protonym:  Erythrospiza regia Ibis p.544 pl.15 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Erythrura
Taxonomy Code:  roypar1
Type Locality:  Api [= Epi] Island, New Hebrides.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1881
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ERYTHRURA
(Estrildidae; † Pin-tailed Parrotfinch E. prasina) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; ουρα oura  tail; excepting E. hyperythra and E. kleinschmidti, all male parrotfinches have bright red rumps and tails; "Erythura, Sw.  Bill thick, lengthened, resembling that of Euplectes. Tail very long, acuminated.   E. viridis. Pl. Col. 96." (Swainson 1837); "Erythrura Swainson, 1837, Class. Birds, 2, p. 280 (originally misspelled Erythura, but universally emended).  Type, by monotypy, Erythrura viridis Temminck, 1835, Pl. Col., livr. 96 = Loxia prasina Sparrman." (Mayr in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 362). 
Var. Erythura (original spelling).   
Synon. Acalanthe, Acmura, Amblynura, Chloromunia, Chlorura, Erythrina, Lobiospiza, Lobospingus, Poedela, Reichenowia, Rhamphostruthus, Trichroa.

erythrura / erythruros / erythrurus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

regia
L. regius  royal  < rex, regis  king  < regere  to rule.
● ex Sterna cayana Audubon, 1835 (syn. Thalasseus maximus).
● ex “Veuve de la Côte d’Afrique” of Brisson 1760 (Vidua).

SUBSPECIES

Royal Parrotfinch (regia)
SCI Name: Erythrura regia regia
regia
L. regius  royal  < rex, regis  king  < regere  to rule.
● ex Sterna cayana Audubon, 1835 (syn. Thalasseus maximus).
● ex “Veuve de la Côte d’Afrique” of Brisson 1760 (Vidua).

Royal Parrotfinch (efatensis)
SCI Name: Erythrura regia efatensis
efatensis
Efate I., New Hebrides / Vanuatu.

Royal Parrotfinch (serena)
SCI Name: Erythrura regia serena
serena
L. serenus  bright, fair, serene.