Golden Dove / Ptilinopus luteovirens
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Golden Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba luteovirens Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(2), 16 p.315
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ptilinopus
Taxonomy Code: goldov1
Type Locality: 'Balaou'' [= Ovalau], Fiji Islands.
Author: Hombron & Jacquinot
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTILINOPUS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Rose-crowned Fruit Dove P. regina) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Genus. PTILINOPUS. Mihi. Generic Character. Alæ mediocres, remigum pinna prima apicem versus contracta, tertia quartaque longissimis. Rostrum gracile. Tarsi plumosi. ... PTILINOPUS purpuratus. (Var. Regina.) ... Tarsi covered with soft and thick-set feathers down to the divisions of the claws; the soles are broad and flat." (Swainson 1825); "Ptilinopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1825, p. 473. Type, by monotypy, Ptilinopus purpuratus var. regina Swainson." (Peters 1937, III, 28).
Var. Ptilonapus, Ptilonopus, Ptilopus, Ptinilopus.
Synon. Chlorotreron, Curotreron, Cyanotreron, Eutreron, Haemataena, Jambotreron, Jotreron, Kranocera, Kurukuru, Kurutreron, Lamprotreron, Laryngogramma, Leucotreron, Mezotreron, Neoleucotreron, Oedirhinus, Omeotreron, Poecilotreron, Ptilopodiscus, Reginopus, Spilotreron, Sylphidaena, Sylphitreron, Terenotreron, Thoracotreron, Thouarsitreron, Thyliphaps, Xenotreron.
luteovirens
L. luteus saffron-yellow < lutum saffron; virens, virentis green < virere to be green.
● ex “Colombe jaune” (= ♂) and “Colombe de Félicie” (= ☼) of Hombron & Jacquinot 1841 (Chrysoena).
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)
