The Key to Scientific Names
- psittaculus
Mod. L. psittacula little parrot, parakeet < dim. L. psittacus parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot.
- Psittaculus
Mod. L. psittaculus little parrot, parakeet < dim. L. psittacus parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot.
● (Psittacidae; syn. Forpus † Green-rumped Parrotlet F. passerinus) "GENUS IV. PSITTACULUS. Minimus, brachyurus; cauda subcuneata, brevissima; genis periophthalmiisque plumosis. SPECIES. 1. PSITTACULUS PASSERINUS. ... SPECIES 2. PSITTACULUS XANTHOPTERYGIUS. ... SPECIES 3. PSITTACULUS GREGARIUS. ... SPECIES 4. PSITTACULUS TUI. Buff. pl. 456, 1. Vaill. pl. 70." (von Spix 1824); "Psittaculus von Spix, 1824, Avium Species Novae Brasiliam, p. 38. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 68), Psittacus passerinus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
● (Psittacidae; syn. Loriculus † Vernal Hanging Parrot L. vernalis) "PSITTACULUS vernalis. Vernal Parrakeet. ... This is one of the smallest of parrots, scarcely exceeding five inches in length. ... In respect to the situation of this bird among its congeners, we retain it, provisionally, in the genus Psittacula of Brisson and Kuhl, adopting the termination used by M. Spix, to avoid the alteration of specific names. We have not yet had leisure to study the new divisions made in this family, with that attention they deserve; but it strikes us, as a defect in the genus Psittaculus, that it unites birds of the Old and the New World in one group. Except in their size, no two parrots can be more dissimilar in construction than the Indian P. vernalis, and the American P. passerinus." (Swainson 1829); "Les COULACISSI2 sont des perroquets de la taille des moineaux ... Le coulacissi 3 des îles Philippines, est le type de ce petit groupe. ... 2 Psittaculus Swainson. 3 Ps. Philippinensis et Asiaticus, Gm; Buff., Enl. 520." (Lesson, 1837, Compl. de Buffon, IX, p. 210); "PSITTACULUS, Khul [sic]. ... P. vernalis. Z. Ill. ii. pl. 1. galgulus. Pl. Enl. 192. f. 2. rubrifrons. Lear. Psitt. pl. 41." (Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 303); "Psittaculus Swainson, 1829, Illustrations of Zoology, ser. 2, I (1), pl. 1 and text (not of von Spix, 1824). Type, by monotypy, Psittacus vernalis Sparrman, 1787." (JAJ 2021).
● see Psittacula