Buru Green-Pigeon / Treron aromaticus
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Buru Green-Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba aromatica Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.778
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code: pomgrp3
Type Locality: Amboina = Burn.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon, dove < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron. Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues. Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.
aromatica / aromaticus
L. aromaticus aromatic, fragrant < aroma, aromatis spice < Gr. αρωμα arōma, αρωματος arōmatos spice.
● Amboina, Spice Is. (= Buru, Moluccas); ex “Columba viridis Amboinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Pigeon verd d’Amboine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 163, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Aromatic Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (see Dendrophassa) (Treron).
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)
