The Key to Scientific Names
- Sylphitreron
(Columbidae; syn. Ptilinopus † Pink-spotted Fruit Dove P. perlatus) French sylphide sylphid (cf. Gr. σιλφιον silphion silphium, spice); Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "*36. Sylphitreron, Verr. (Ptilinopus, part. Gr. - Carpophaga, part. Auct. - Megaloprepia, part. Gr.) Cauda brevissima! Ocean. COLUMBA perlata, Temm. (Carpophaga perlata, Bp. in litt. - Ptilinopus! perlatus, Gr. - Megaloprepia perlata, Bp. Coup d'oeil.) Pl. col. 559. mas ad. - Knip, Pig. II. t. 21. - Reich., Syst. Av. t. 236. f. 1312. 1313. ex Nova Guinea" (Bonaparte 1855); "Sylphitreron Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xl. p. 217, Feb. 1855. Type (by monotypy): Columba perlata Temm." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 36).