White-bellied Parrot

SCI Name:  Pionites leucogaster
Protonym:  Psittacus leucogaster NovaActaAcad.Caes.Leop.Carol. 10 p.70
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae / Pionites
Taxonomy Code:  whbpar1
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Kuhl
Publish Year:  1820
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PIONITES
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Black-headed Parrot P. melanocephalus) Genus Pionus Wagler, 1832, parrot; Gr. -ιτης -itēs  resembling; "Genus Pionites Heine [Caica (!) Less. 1831]." (Heine 1890); a purist replacement name; "Pionites Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, p. 231.¹  Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus melanocephalus Linné. (Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 20, 1891, p. 358.)  ...   ¹ Pionites Heine is a substitute name for "Caica Lesson, 1831," which, however was then employed only in the vernacular sense, "Les Caïcas," for a group of four species viz— Psittacus pileatus Gmelin, Psittacus vulturinus Kuhl, Psittacus melanocephalus Linné and Psittacus leucogaster Kuhl. Lesson did not use Caïca in a nomenclatural sense until 1842, and when he did so it was for a species quite different from any of the foregoing. Bonaparte used Caica in 1850 as the generic name of Psittacus melanocephalus Linné, but this action was of course invalid by reason of Caïca Lesson 1842." (Peters 1937, III, 210).
Synon. Caica.

leucogaster / leucogastra / leucogastris
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Guainumbi sp. 1” of Marcgrave 1648, “Mellisuga cayanensis ventre albo” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à cravate dorée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 3, “Cravate-dorée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gold-throated Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Agyrtria).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1785 (Cinnyricinclus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and “Whidah Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster).
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex "Héron bleuâtre à ventre blanc de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 350, and "Demi-Aigrette" of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Egretta tricolor).
● ex "Jacamar à Ventre Blanc" of Levaillant 1807 (Galbula).
● ex “White-bellied Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Haliaeetus).
● ex “Malkoha” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 224 (syn. Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus).
● ex “Geai à ventre jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 249 (syn. Pitangus sulphuratus).
● ex “Fou de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 973 (Sula).

SUBSPECIES

White-bellied Parrot (Black-legged)
SCI Name: Pionites leucogaster xanthomerius
xanthomera / xanthomeria / xanthomerius / xanthomeros
Gr. ξανθος xanthos  yellow; μηρος mēros  thigh.

White-bellied Parrot (Yellow-tailed)
SCI Name: Pionites leucogaster xanthurus
xanthura / xanthurus
Gr. ξανθος xanthos  yellow; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

White-bellied Parrot (Green-thighed)
SCI Name: Pionites leucogaster leucogaster
leucogaster / leucogastra / leucogastris
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Guainumbi sp. 1” of Marcgrave 1648, “Mellisuga cayanensis ventre albo” of Brisson 1760, “Oiseau-mouche à cravate dorée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 3, “Cravate-dorée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gold-throated Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Agyrtria).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1785 (Cinnyricinclus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merle violet à ventre blanc de Juida” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 648, fig. 1, and “Whidah Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster).
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex "Héron bleuâtre à ventre blanc de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 350, and "Demi-Aigrette" of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Egretta tricolor).
● ex "Jacamar à Ventre Blanc" of Levaillant 1807 (Galbula).
● ex “White-bellied Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Haliaeetus).
● ex “Malkoha” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 224 (syn. Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus).
● ex “Geai à ventre jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 249 (syn. Pitangus sulphuratus).
● ex “Fou de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 973 (Sula).