Brown-throated Parakeet
Brown-throated Parakeet
Here the details of the Brown-throated Parakeet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus pertinax Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.98
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Eupsittula
Taxonomy Code: brtpar1
Type Locality: 'in Indiis'' i.e. Curasao.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
pertinax
L. pertinax, pertinacis tenacious, persistent < per through; tenax, tenacis gripping, clinging < tenere to hold.
● ex “Muscicapa pertinax” of Lichtenstein MS (Contopus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... pertinax. 10. P. macrourus viridis, genis fulvis, remigibus rectricibusque canescentibus. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 14. Psittacus minor viridis, cauda longa & malis croceis. Frisch. av. 4. t. 54. Habitat in Indiis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eupsittula).
SUBSPECIES
Brown-throated Parakeet (Veraguas)
SCI Name: Eupsittula pertinax ocularis
ocularis
L. ocularis of the eyes, ocular < oculus eye.
● “The widespread error of transcribing this name as ocularius has been pointed out by Macdonald and Grant, 1953, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 22, pp. 197-203” (Moreau in Peters XV 1962) (Ploceus).
Brown-throated Parakeet (Brown-throated)
SCI Name: Eupsittula pertinax [pertinax Group]
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.
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)