Cockatiel
Cockatiel
Here the details of the Cockatiel named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus hollandicus Anim.Kingd.[Kerr] 1 pt2 p.580
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae / Nymphicus
Taxonomy Code: cockat
Type Locality: New Holland.
Author: Kerr
Publish Year: 1792
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NYMPHICUS
(Cacatuidae; Ϯ Cockatiel N. hollandicus) Gr. νυμφικος numphikos bridal (i.e. diademed, wreathed) < νυμφη numphē bride, maiden; "Genus IV. Nymphicus **) Wagl. Schmucksittich. Character generis praecedentis [Pezoporus], exclusis unguibus brevioribus, arcuatioribus; maxilla dentata; latera oris anguli lobo membranaceo aucta (an omnibus?). Australiae incolae, in humo ambulantes locis cultis victum legunt. Species: 1. N. bisetis. — 2. N. Novae-Hollandiae. ... **) Nυμφικος sponsalis. — Nomen genericum a diadematae, quo species duae generis ornatae sunt." (Wagler 1832); "Nymphicus Wagler, Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., 1, 1832, p. 490. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus novaehollandiae Gmelin, p. 328, not p. 310 = Psittacus hollandicus Kerr. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 51.)" (Peters 1937, III, 178).
Var. Nymphius.
Synon. Calopsitta, Leptolophus.
● (syn. Eunymphicus Ϯ Horned Parakeet E. cornutus) "GENUS EUNYMPHICUS NOMEN NOV 3 ... 3 Replaces Nymphicus of authors, not of Wagler, of Sharpe's Hand-list." (Peters 1937, III, 269).
hollandicus
New Holland (= Australia).
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)