The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Himalayapsitta

(Psittacidae; syn. Psittacula † Slaty-headed Parakeet P. himalayana)  Himalaya Mts.  < Sanskrit hima  snow; ālaya  abode; Mod. L. psitta  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos  parrot; "Himalayapsitta Braun, gen. nov., feminin (Himalayapsitta himalayana, H. finschii, H. cyanocephala, H. roseata), Typusart: Psittacus himalayanus Lesson, 1831.  Der Name leitet sich vom Diversitätszentrum dieser Gruppe im südlichen Himalaya ab." (Braun et al. 2016); "Himalayapsitta Braun in Braun, Bahr and Wink, 2016, Vogelwarte, 54 (4), p. 323.  Type, by original designation, Psittacus himalayanus Lesson, 1832." (JAJ 2020).


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