Little Lorikeet

SCI Name:  Glossopsitta pusilla
Protonym:  Psittacus Pusillus J.voy.NewS.Wales[White] p.262 pl.48
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Glossopsitta
Taxonomy Code:  litlor1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GLOSSOPSITTA
(Psittacidae; † Musk Lorikeet G. concinna) Gr. γλωσσα glōssa  tongue; Mod. L. psitta  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακη psittakē  parrot; the brush-tipped tongue of the Musk Lorikeet is an adaptation to feeding on nectar and pollen; "76. GLOSSOPSITTA, Bp. — 308. Australis, Lath. (Concinnus, Shaw) — 309. Pusilla, Shaw. — 310. Porphyrocephalus, Diet." (Bonaparte 1854); "Glossopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 6, 1854, p. 157.  Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus australis Latham, not of Gmelin = Psittacus concinnus Shaw. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 88)." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 157).
Var. Glossopsittacus, Glossoptilus. 
Synon. Centrourus, Glossiphus, Parvipsitta.

pusilla
L. pusillus  very little, very small  < dim. pusus  little boy  < puer  boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA.  ...  pusilla.  2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis.  Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).