Sun Parakeet
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Sun Parakeet
Here the details of the Sun Parakeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus solstitialis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.97
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Aratinga
Taxonomy Code: sunpar1
Type Locality: Guinea, error = Cayenne substituted by Hellmayr, antea, 1906, p. 580.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ARATINGA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Sun Parakeet A. solstitialis) Tupí name Ará tinga bright bird or bright parrot, for a type of parrot; "GENUS. II. ARATINGA. Macrurus, minor, mordax; orbitis nudiusculis; genis angustis, vix vel raro nudis; rostro dentato, graciliore; cauda longiuscula, cuneata; rectricibus intermediis longioribus. SPECIES 1. ARATINGA CAROLINAE AUGUSTAE. ... SPECIES 2. ARATINGA HAEMORRHOUS. ... SPECIES. 3. ARATINGA CHRYSOCEPHALUS. ... SPECIES 4. ARATINGA LUTEUS SIVE GUAROUBA. ... SPECIES 5. ARATINGA XANTHOPTERUS. ... SPECIES 6. ARATINGA ACUTIROSTRIS. ... SPECIES 7. ARATINGA AURIFRONS. ... SPECIES 8. ARATINGA CYANOGULARIS. ... SPECIES 9. ARATINGA FLAVIVENTER. ... SPECIES 10. ARATINGA CAIXANA. ... SPECIES 11. ARATINGA NINUS. ... SPECIES 12. ARATINGA PERLATUS. ... SPECIES 13. ARATINGA FASCIATUS. ... SPECIES 14. ARATINGA MELANURUS. ... SPECIES 15. ARATINGA NOBILIS SIVE GUIANENSIS. ... SPECIES 16. ARATINGA AUREUS ... SPECIES 17. ARATINGA PERTINAX ... SPECIES 18. ARATINGA VIRESCENS" (von Spix 1824); "Aratinga Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 29. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus luteus Boddaert = Psittacus solstitialis Linné. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 87.)" (Peters, 1937, III, p. 185).
Synon. Conurus, Gymnopsittacus, Nandayus, Petacula.
solsticialis / solstitialis
L. solstitialis of summer < solstitium summer < sol, solis sun.
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... solstitialis. 7. P. macrourus luteus, alarum tectricibus viridibus, cauda forficata. Psittacus angolensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 13. t. 13. Habitat in Guinea." (Linnaeus 1758) (Aratinga).
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)
