Olive-throated Parakeet / Eupsittula nana
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Olive-throated Parakeet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Psittacara nana Zool.J. 5 p.273
Taxonomy: Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Eupsittula
Taxonomy Code: oltpar1
Type Locality: Jamaica.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
EUPSITTULA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Orange-fronted Parakeet E. canicularis) Gr. ευ eu fine; Mod. L. psittula little parrot < dim. Gr. ψιττακη psittakē parrot; "Eupsittula petzii, Bp. ... Simillima Psittac. aureæ, Gm. ... sed minor, rostro valde robustiore, albido; orbitis magis denudatis: remigibus, rectricibusque cyanescentibus. Le genre Eupsittula est établi par nous pour les petites Perruches à gros bec et à orbites dénudées, de l'Amérique" (Bonaparte 1853); "Eupsittula Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Ac. Sci., Paris, XXXVII, 1853, p. 807 (Type [by monotypy; by subs. desig. (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 87)] Psittacus petzii Leib. = P. canicularis Linn.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 61).
Var. Eupsittacula.
Synon. Eupsittaca.
nana
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Petit Marteau” of Sganzin 1840 (Lepidopygia).
SUBSPECIES
Olive-throated Parakeet (Aztec)
SCI Name: Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis
EUPSITTULA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Orange-fronted Parakeet E. canicularis) Gr. ευ eu fine; Mod. L. psittula little parrot < dim. Gr. ψιττακη psittakē parrot; "Eupsittula petzii, Bp. ... Simillima Psittac. aureæ, Gm. ... sed minor, rostro valde robustiore, albido; orbitis magis denudatis: remigibus, rectricibusque cyanescentibus. Le genre Eupsittula est établi par nous pour les petites Perruches à gros bec et à orbites dénudées, de l'Amérique" (Bonaparte 1853); "Eupsittula Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Ac. Sci., Paris, XXXVII, 1853, p. 807 (Type [by monotypy; by subs. desig. (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 87)] Psittacus petzii Leib. = P. canicularis Linn.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 61).
Var. Eupsittacula.
Synon. Eupsittaca.
Olive-throated Parakeet (Jamaican)
SCI Name: Eupsittula nana nana
nana
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Petit Marteau” of Sganzin 1840 (Lepidopygia).
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)
