Varied Lorikeet

Varied Lorikeet / Psitteuteles versicolor

Varied Lorikeet

Here the details of the Varied Lorikeet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Psitteuteles versicolor
Protonym:  Trichoglossus versicolor Ill.Psittac.[Lear] pt7 pl.36
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae /
Taxonomy Code:  varlor1
Type Locality:  No locality = Cape York, Queensland, apud Mathews infra.
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Publish Year:  1831
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DEFINITIONS

PSITTEUTELES
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Varied Lorikeet P. versicolor) Specific name Psittacus euteles Temminck, 1835; "75. PSITTEUTELES, Bp. — 304. Versicolor, Vig. — 305. Iris, Temm. — 306. Euteles, Temm. — 307. Placens, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854); "Psitteuteles Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 157. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus versicolor Vigors, i.e. Trichoglossus versicolor Lear. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 88.)" (Peters 1937, III, 151).
Synon. Ptilosclera.

versicolor
L. versicolor, versicoloris  of various colours  < vertere  to change; color, coloris  colour.
● ex “Perroquet de La Havane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 360 (Amazona).
● ex “Barbu des Maynas” of Brisson 1760 (Eubucco).
● ex “Perruche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 144, “Perruche, no. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Perruche à gorge variée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Wave-breasted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Pyrrhura picta).
● ex "Pato pico de tres colores" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 440 (Spatula).
● ex “Variable Crow” of Latham 1801 (Strepera).