Festive Parrot

SCI Name:  Amazona festiva
Protonym:  Psittacus festivus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.101
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Amazona
Taxonomy Code:  fespar1
Type Locality:  Indies, error, Brazilian Amazon River fixed as the type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 592.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

AMAZONA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Southern Mealy Amazon A. farinosa) French name “Amazone” given to various tropical American parrots by de Buffon 1770-1783, because they came from the Amazonian rainforests. The Amazon was probably first seen in 1500 by the Spanish commander Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, but real exploration of the river came with the voyage of Francisco de Orellana in 1540-1541. His florid tales of female warriors, perhaps based on a misunderstood Tupí word amassona ‘boat destroyer’, gave the river its name; "VII.^e Sous-genre. AMAZONE; Amazona.  Bec robuste, très-crochu, épais; à arête rubanée ou formant une dépression aplatie, étroite, qui suit la courbure du bec, les côtés renflés, les bords festonnés; la mandibule inférieure échancrée en avant; narines arrondies, très-ouvertes dans la cire et à rebord saillant; ailes s'étendant jusqu'au tiers de la queue; les tarses très-courts, réticulés, robustes.   26. AMAZONE MEUNIER; Amazona pulverulenta: Psittacus pulverulentus, Gm.; Levaill., Perroq., pl. 92.  ...  plumage vert pruineux et à teint glauque   ...   27. AMAZONE A FRANGES; Amazona Levaillantii: Psittacus Levaillantii, Lath.; Psittacus infuscatus, Shaw.   ...   28. AMAZONE DUFRESNE; Amazona Dufresniana: Psittacus Dufresnianus, Shaw (?); Levaill., pl. 91.   ...   29. AMAZONE A TÊTE JAUNE; Amazona icterocephala: Psittacus ocrocephalus Gm.; Buff., Enl., 312 et 313; Levaill., Perroq., pl. 98." (Lesson 1830); "Amazona Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 3, 1830, p. 189. Type, by subsequent designation, C. farinosa = Psittacus farinosus Boddaert (Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 20, 1891, p. 268)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 216).
Synon. Androglossa, Chrysotis, Oenochrus.

amazona
Mod. L. Amazonus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Amazonian Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (Chloroceryle).

festiva / festivus
L. festivus  festive, cheerful  < festus  of a holiday  < festum  feast.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  festivus.  39. P: brachyurus viridis, fronte purpurascente, superciliis gulaque cæruleis, dorso sanguineo.  Habitat in Indiis.  Corpus magnitudine Columbæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (Amazona).
● ex “Pic verd de Goa” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 696, and “Goa Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Chrysocolaptes).

SUBSPECIES

Festive Parrot (Northern)
SCI Name: Amazona festiva bodini
bodini
Dr Karl August Heinrich Bodinus (1814-1884) German physician, zoologist, Director of Zoological Gardens in Cologne 1859-1869 and Berlin 1869-1884 (Amazona).

Festive Parrot (Southern)
SCI Name: Amazona festiva festiva
festiva / festivus
L. festivus  festive, cheerful  < festus  of a holiday  < festum  feast.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  festivus.  39. P: brachyurus viridis, fronte purpurascente, superciliis gulaque cæruleis, dorso sanguineo.  Habitat in Indiis.  Corpus magnitudine Columbæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (Amazona).
● ex “Pic verd de Goa” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 696, and “Goa Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Chrysocolaptes).