Horned Parakeet / Eunymphicus cornutus
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Horned Parakeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus cornutus Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.327
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Eunymphicus
Taxonomy Code: horpar2
Type Locality: New Caledonia.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
EUNYMPHICUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Horned Parakeet E. cornutus) Gr. ευ eu ideal, true; genus Nymphicus Wagler, 1832, cockatiel; "EUNYMPHICUS NOMEN NOV 3 cf. Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 20, 1891, p. 590-592. (sub nom. Nymphicus.) ... 3 Replaces Nymphicus of authors, not of Wagler [1832], of Sharpe's Hand-list. Related to Cyanoramphus Bonaparte but loreal region less densely feathered, upper mandible distinctly notched; a coronal crest of two or more elongated feathers. Type, Psittacus cornutus Gmelin." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 269).
Synon. Nymphicus, Plectolophus.
cornuta / cornutus
L. cornutus horned < cornu horn (cf. Med. L. cornutus mitred, exalted).
● ex “Anhima” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Kamichy” of Brisson 1760 (Anhima).
● ex “Horned Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Eunymphicus).
● ex “Eared or Horned Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, and “Horned Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (subsp. Podiceps auritus).
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)
