Sunset Lorikeet

SCI Name:  Trichoglossus forsteni
Protonym:  Trichoglossus Forsteni Compt.Rend. 30 p.134
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Trichoglossus
Taxonomy Code:  railor3
Type Locality:  Sumbawa.
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

TRICHOGLOSSUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Coconut Lorikeet T. haematodus) Gr. θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; γλωσσα glōssa  tongue; "GENUS CCXVII.— TRICHOGLOSSUS, Vigors.   Rostrum subcrassum, mandibula superior arcuata, inferior subelongata.  Lingua apice setosa.  Alæ mediocres.  Pedes breves; tarsi mediocres.  Cauda subbrevis.    THE Trichoglossi appear to belong to the old world, New Holland, and the Pacific Islands.    Sp. 1. Tr. hæmatopus.  Psittacus hæmatopus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 357.— Psittacus cyanogaster. Shaw, v. viii. p. 413.— Molucca Islands.    Sp. 2. Tr. capistratus.  Psittacus capistratus. Beckst.— Psittacus hæmatodes. Shaw, v. viii. p. 415.—Amboyna?    Sp. 3. Tr. concinnus.  Psittacus concinnus. Shaw, Nat. Misc.—New Holland.    Sp. 4. Tr. pusillus.  Psittacus pusillus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 471.—New Holland.    Sp. 5. Tr? Taitianus.  Psittacus Porphyrio. Shaw, v. viii. p. 473. pl. 70.—Otaheite.    Sp. 6. Tr? australis.  ...  Psittacus australis. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. p. 48. INHABITS New Holland.  ...  Sp. 7. Tr? chlorolepidotus.  ...  Psittacus chlorolepidotus. Nova Act. Acad. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. p. 48. INHABITS New Holland." (Stephens 1826); “Genus, TRICHOGLOSSUS *.  ...  Lingua setis plurimis marginalibus ad apicem subtus instructa.  ...  a decided ground of distinction is exhibited in the formation of the tongue. The under part of this member is furnished at the apex with numerous strong hairs or bristles, of a brush-like structure; and which seem to serve the bird for the purpose of suction.  ...  *Θριξ seta, and γλωσσα lingua” (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Trichoglossus Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 129, 1826 (late), ex Vigors & Horsfield, Zool. Journ. vol. ii. p. 281, July 1825, nude name. Type (by subsequent designation, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. vol. ii. p. 147, 1828: T. hæmatodus = T. hæmatopus Steph. = Psittacus moluccanus Gmelin." (Mathews 1927, 292); "Trichoglossus Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, pt. 1, 1827 (1826), p. 287. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus haematodus Linné = Psittacus haematod Linné (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 51)." (Peters 1937, III, 147); "TRICHOGLOSSUS Stephens, 1826  M — Psittacus haematodus Linnaeus, 1771; type by subsequent designation (Lesson, 1828, Manuel d'Ornithologie, 2, p. 147)." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 382).   
Var. Tricoglossus, Trichoglossa.   
Synon. Australasia, Eutelipsitta, Oenopsittacus.

forsteni / forstenii
Dr Eltio Alegondus Forsten (1811-1843) Dutch zoologist, collector in the East Indies 1838-1843 (syn. Aplonis mysolensis (ex Lamprotornis obscura Forsten MS = Bonaparte, 1851), syn. Aviceda subcristata reinwardtii, Ducula, subsp. Megapodius freycinet, Meropogon, Oriolus, subsp. Pitta sordida, syn. Todiramphus chloris, Trichoglossus, syn. Tyto alba delicatula).
● See: forsteri

SUBSPECIES

Sunset Lorikeet (mitchellii)
SCI Name: Trichoglossus forsteni mitchellii
mitchelli / mitchellii
David William Mitchell (1813-1859) English zoologist, artist, Secretary of Zoological Society of London 1847-1859 (syn. Amandava subflava, Calliphlox, Phegornis, subsp. Picoides canicapillus, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni).

Sunset Lorikeet (forsteni)
SCI Name: Trichoglossus forsteni forsteni
forsteni / forstenii
Dr Eltio Alegondus Forsten (1811-1843) Dutch zoologist, collector in the East Indies 1838-1843 (syn. Aplonis mysolensis (ex Lamprotornis obscura Forsten MS = Bonaparte, 1851), syn. Aviceda subcristata reinwardtii, Ducula, subsp. Megapodius freycinet, Meropogon, Oriolus, subsp. Pitta sordida, syn. Todiramphus chloris, Trichoglossus, syn. Tyto alba delicatula).
● See: forsteri

Sunset Lorikeet (djampeanus)
SCI Name: Trichoglossus forsteni djampeanus
djampeae / djampeana / djampeanus
Djampea I. (= Tanahdjampea), Flores Sea, Indonesia.

Sunset Lorikeet (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Trichoglossus forsteni stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).