Orange-fronted Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Here the details of the Orange-fronted Parakeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus canicularis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.98
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Eupsittula
Taxonomy Code: orfpar
Type Locality: America = ''West Indies,'' ex Edwards; northwestern Costa Rica designated as type locality by Bangs and Peters, 1928.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EUPSITTULA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Orange-fronted Parakeet E. canicularis) Gr. ευ eu fine; Mod. L. psittula little parrot < dim. Gr. ψιττακη psittakē parrot; "Eupsittula petzii, Bp. ... Simillima Psittac. aureæ, Gm. ... sed minor, rostro valde robustiore, albido; orbitis magis denudatis: remigibus, rectricibusque cyanescentibus. Le genre Eupsittula est établi par nous pour les petites Perruches à gros bec et à orbites dénudées, de l'Amérique" (Bonaparte 1853); "Eupsittula Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Ac. Sci., Paris, XXXVII, 1853, p. 807 (Type [by monotypy; by subs. desig. (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 87)] Psittacus petzii Leib. = P. canicularis Linn.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 61).
Var. Eupsittacula.
Synon. Eupsittaca.
canicularis
L. Canicularis of the bright star Sirius.
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... canicularis. 11. P. macrourus viridis, fronte rubra, occipite remigibusque extimis cæruleis. Psittacus capite rubro cæruleoque. Edw. av. 176. t. 176. Tui-apute-juba. Marcgr. bras. 206. n. 2. Habitat in America. Magnitudo Turdi. Cauda corpore longior." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eupsittula).
SUBSPECIES
Orange-fronted Parakeet (clarae)
SCI Name: Eupsittula canicularis clarae
clarae
● Clara Blasius (1878-1880) sister of German ornithologist A. W. H. Blasius (Richard Mearns in litt.) (Arachnothera).
● Clara Lamb (d. 1940) second wife of US zoologist Chester C. Lamb (James Maley in litt.) (subsp. Eupsittula canicularis).
● Clara Stein (fl. 1944) taxidermist, wife of German zoologist Dr Georg H. W. Stein (subsp. Ficedula hyperythra).
● Clara Kleinschmidt née Krebel (1875-1957) wife of German ornithologist Dr Konrad E. A. O. Kleinschmidt (syn. Sylvia borin).
Orange-fronted Parakeet (eburnirostrum)
SCI Name: Eupsittula canicularis eburnirostrum
eburnirostrum
L. eburneus ivory-coloured < ebur, eboris ivory; rostrum beak.
Orange-fronted Parakeet (canicularis)
SCI Name: Eupsittula canicularis canicularis
canicularis
L. Canicularis of the bright star Sirius.
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... canicularis. 11. P. macrourus viridis, fronte rubra, occipite remigibusque extimis cæruleis. Psittacus capite rubro cæruleoque. Edw. av. 176. t. 176. Tui-apute-juba. Marcgr. bras. 206. n. 2. Habitat in America. Magnitudo Turdi. Cauda corpore longior." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eupsittula).
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)