Musk Lorikeet / Glossopsitta concinna
WBN 
Musk Lorikeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacus concinnus Nat.Misc. 3 pl.87,text
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Glossopsitta
Taxonomy Code: muslor1
Type Locality: 'New Holland'' i.e. New South Wales.
Author: Shaw
Publish Year: 1791
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.
concinna
L. concinnus elegant, neat, pleasing.
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)
