Plain Parakeet / Brotogeris tirica

Plain Parakeet / Brotogeris tirica

Plain Parakeet

SCI Name:  Brotogeris tirica
Protonym:  Psittacus Tirica Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.351
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae /
Taxonomy Code:  plapar1
Type Locality:  No locality, Brazil designated by Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. So. Am., 1912, p. 87.
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Publish Year:  1788
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DEFINITIONS

BROTOGERIS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Grey-cheeked Parakeet B. pyrrhoptera) Gr. βροτογηρυς brotogērus  with human voice  < βροτος brotos  man; γηρυς gērus  voice. This epithet of the parrot was first mentioned by Crinagoras (1st cent. AD). "Brotogeris. ‡  ...  ‡ BROTOGERIS.  Rostrum attenuatum compressum: mandibula inferiore elongata vix emarginata. Alæ mediocres: remigibus tribus primis fere æqualibus. Pedes mediocres. Cauda subelongata, gradata.  Typus genericus. Ps. pyrrhopterus. Lath." (Vigors 1825); "Brotogeris Vigors, Zool. Journ., 2, 1825, p. 400.  Type, by original designation, Psittacus pyrrhopterus Latham." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 205).
Var. BratogerisBrotogerys.
Synon. Caica, Psittacula, Psittovius, Sittace, Tirica.

tirica
Tupí name Tiriba tinkling (bird), for a parakeet; ex “Tuitirica” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Petite Jaseuse” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 837, “Tirica” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Green Parrakeet” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1781 (Brotogeris).

Tirica
(syn. Brotogeris Ϯ Plain Parakeet B. tirica) Specific name Psittacus tirica J. Gmelin, 1788; "CONURINÆ.  ...  15. TIRICA, Bp.  -  68. Rufirostris, Gm.  -  69. Virescens, L.  -  70. Xanthoptera, Spix." (Bonaparte 1854).    Var. Tiraca.