Cockatiel

Cockatiel / Nymphicus hollandicus

Cockatiel

Here the details of the Cockatiel named bird below:

SCI Name:  Nymphicus hollandicus
Protonym:  Psittacus hollandicus Anim.Kingd.[Kerr] 1 pt2 p.580
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Cacatuidae /
Taxonomy Code:  cockat
Type Locality:  New Holland.
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Publish Year:  1792
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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 Replaces Nymphicus of authors, not of Wagler, of Sharpe's Hand-list." (Peters 1937, III, 269).

hollandicus
New Holland (= Australia).