White-winged Parakeet / Brotogeris versicolurus

White-winged Parakeet / Brotogeris versicolurus

White-winged Parakeet

SCI Name:  Brotogeris versicolurus
Protonym:  Psittacus versicolurus Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.75
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whwpar
Type Locality:  Cayenne, ex Buffon.
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Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  

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.

versicolurus
L. versicolor, versicoloris  versicoloured  < vertere  to change; color, coloris  colour; Gr. -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Petite Perruche verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 359 (Brotogeris).