The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Curotreron
(Columbidae; syn. Ptilinopus † Grey-green Fruit Dove P. purpuratus) Gr. κυροω kuroō to validate; τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "Genus Curotreron [Kurutreron (!)] Bp. 1854" (Heine & Reichenow 1890); "Curotreron Heine and Reichenow, 1890, Nomencl. Musei Heineani Ornith., p. 280. Replacement name for Kurutreron Bonaparte, 1854, considered barbarous because of its vernacular roots and hybrid construction." (JAJ 2021).
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