The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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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).


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