Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
Here the details of the Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vinago sphenura Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.14 p.173
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: wetpig1
Type Locality: Himalayas.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1832
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.
sphenurus
Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos wedge; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Cinereous Eagle” of Latham 1801 (Haliastur).
Sphenurus
(syn. Treron Ϯ Sumatran Green Pigeon T. oxyurus) Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos wedge; ουρα oura tail; "Sphenurus, Sw. Habit of Vinago; but the tail long and graduated; the two middle feathers greatly narrowed, and projecting considerably beyond the rest. Fissirostral type. S. semitorquatus. Pl. Enl. 240." (Swainson 1837); "Sphenurus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 348. Type, by monotypy, S. semitorquatus (Pl. enl. 240) = Columba oxyura Temminck." (Peters 1937, III, 11).
SUBSPECIES
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon (sphenurus)
SCI Name: Treron sphenurus sphenurus
sphenurus
Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos wedge; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Cinereous Eagle” of Latham 1801 (Haliastur).
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon (robinsoni)
SCI Name: Treron sphenurus robinsoni
robinson / robinsoni / robinsonii
● Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874-1929) British ornithologist, systematist, collector in Australia 1896, and Malaysia 1908-1926 (syn. Aerodramus maximus, syn. Alectura lathami, subsp. Alophoixus pallidus, subsp. Chalcophaps indica, subsp. Cissa chinensis, subsp. Enicurus maculatus, subsp. Gecinulus grantia, subsp. Heterophasia desgodinsi, subsp. Macropygia amboinensis, syn. Megalaima australis duvaucelii, syn. Myiagra cyanoleuca, Myophonus, subsp. Oriolus traillii, subsp. Picus guerini, subsp. Pteruthius aeralatus, syn. Pycnonotus blanfordi conradi, syn. Rallina tricolor, syn. Rhipidura albicollis atrata, subsp. Strepera graculina, subsp. Treron sphenurus).
● Col. Wirt Robinson (1864-1929) US Army, who taught chemistry at West Point 1906-1928, ornithologist, collector (syn. Butorides striata, syn. Cardinalis phoeniceus, syn. Zenaida auriculata stenura).
● Dr Anthony Robinson (d. 1768) English surgeon, botanist, resident in Jamaica (syn. Pyrrhulagra violacea ruficollis).
● Robinson Crusoe, literary character who was shipwrecked but survived on a desert island, created by Daniel Defoe 1719; the character was heavily influenced by the adventures of the privateer Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) who survived several years on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez (syn. Sephanoides fernandensis).
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon (korthalsi)
SCI Name: Treron sphenurus korthalsi
korthalsi
Pieter Willem Korthals (1807-1892) Dutch polymath, botanist, explorer in the East Indies 1831-1837 (syn. Cecropis daurica striolata, 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)