The Key to Scientific Names
- Belurus
(Psittacidae; syn. Psittacula † Long-tailed Parakeet P. longicauda) Gr. βελος belos arrow; ουρα oura tail; "30. BELURUS, Bp. - 148. Malaccensis, Gm. (Barbatulatus, Bechst. - Erythrogenys, Less.) Pl. enl. 887. - 149. Erythrogenys, Blyth, nec Less. - 150. Barbatus, Gm. (Ponticerianus et Borneus, Gmel. Nigrirostris, Hodgs. Modestus, Fraser.) - 151. Luciani, Verr. - 152. Melanorhynchus, Wagl." (Bonaparte 1854); "Belurus Bonaparte, 1854, Rev. Mag. Zool., sér. 2, VI, p. 152. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 86), Conurus barbatulatus Kuhl, i.e. Bechstein, 1811 = Psittacus longicauda Boddaert, 1783." (JAJ 2020).