Lilac-tailed Parrotlet / Touit batavicus
WBN 
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittaca Batavica TablePlanchesEnlum. p.49
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Touit
Taxonomy Code: litpar2
Type Locality: Batavia, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 791, error, Venezuela substituted by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 287.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TOUIT
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet T. huetii) Tupí name Tuí eté really little parrot, for the parrotlets (“Tuiete” of Marcgrave 1648); "1508. TOUIT, Less. 1831. Pyrrhulopsis, Pr. B. 1854, nec Reichenb. 1849. (Psittacus Hueti, Temm.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Synon. Euchroura, Pyrrhulopsis, Urochroma.
batavensis / batavica / batavicus
Batavia (= Jakarta), Java (originally the capital of the Dutch East Indies, and named from L. Batavia Holland).
● ex “Pigeon hollandais” (its colours reflecting those of the Dutch flag) of Sonnerat 1782 (‡syn. Alectroenas nitidissima).
● ex “Amber Parrot” of Latham 1787 (syn. Chalcopsitta sintillata).
● Erroneous TL. Batavia, Java (= Venezuela); ex “Petite Perruche de Batavia” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 791, fig. 1, “Perruche aux ailes variées” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Black-winged Parrakeet” of Brown 1776 (Touit).
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)
