The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Hesperopsittacus
(Psittacidae; syn. Platycercus † Western Rosella P. icterotis) Gr. ἑσπερος hesperos western; ψιττακος psittakos parrot; "Hesperopsittacus Subgen. Nov. Type Species: Psittacus icterotis Kuhl, 1820. ... Etymology: Hesperopsittacus alludes to the western distribution of this group of parrots" (Wells & Wellington 1992); "Hesperopsittacus Wells and Wellington, 1992, Sydney Bay Naturalist, I, p. 107+. Type, by original designation, Psittacus icterotis Kuhl, 1820." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Hesperapsittacus.
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