Maroon-bellied Parakeet

Maroon-bellied Parakeet / Pyrrhura frontalis

Maroon-bellied Parakeet

Here the details of the Maroon-bellied Parakeet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pyrrhura frontalis
Protonym:  Psittacus frontalis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat.(1817) (1817), 25 p.361
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittacidae /
Taxonomy Code:  mabpar
Type Locality:  Cayenne, ex Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Perroquets, pi. 17, error, restricted to the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil by Laubmann, antea, 1932.
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Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PYRRHURA
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Parakeet P. frontalis) Gr. πυρρος purrhos  red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ουρα oura  tail (cf. specific name Microsittace pyrrhura Bonaparte, 1854 (= syn. Pyrrhura molinae)); "Subfam. 2. Conurinae.  ...   14. Pyrrhura, Bp.   34. vittata, Shaw. (undulata, Ill.  fasciata? Spix.)   35. devillii, Mass.   36. molinae, Mass. (phonicura, Licht.  pyrrhura, Reich.)   37. beryllina, Souanc.   38. melanura, Spix.   39. leucotis, Kuhl.   40. calliptera, Mass.   41. versicolor, Gm. (cyanoptera, Boddanaca, Wagl.)  ?squamata, Lath.   42. luciani, Deville.   43. cruentata, Wied. (squamosus? Kuhl, nec Aucterythrogaster, Shawcyanogularis, Spix.)   44. rupicola, Tschudi.   45. chiripepe, Vieill. ex Azara.   46. chlorogenys, Wagl. (perlatus, faem. Spix.)   47. lepida, Wagl (perlatus, mas. Spix.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Pyrrhura Bonaparte, Naumannia, 6, 1856, Consp. Psitt. in Beilage no. 1, genus 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Psittacus vittatus Shaw (not of Boddaert) = Psittacus frontalis Vieillot." (Peters 1937, III, 194). Many parrots in this group have maroon or red tails.

pyrrhura
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -ουρος -ouros -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

frontale / frontalis
L. frontalis  fronted, frontal  < frontalia or frontale  frontlet  < frons, frontis  forehead, brow (ref. distinctive, contrastingly coloured forehead patch, usually black or red).
● ex “Faucon Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 28 (syn. Crinifer piscator).
● Front Range, Rocky Mts., Colorado, USA (syn. Otus flammeolus).
● ex “Perruche Ara à Bandeau Rouge” of Levaillant 1801 (Pyrrhura).

SUBSPECIES

Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Maroon-tailed)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura frontalis frontalis
frontale / frontalis
L. frontalis  fronted, frontal  < frontalia or frontale  frontlet  < frons, frontis  forehead, brow (ref. distinctive, contrastingly coloured forehead patch, usually black or red).
● ex “Faucon Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 28 (syn. Crinifer piscator).
● Front Range, Rocky Mts., Colorado, USA (syn. Otus flammeolus).
● ex “Perruche Ara à Bandeau Rouge” of Levaillant 1801 (Pyrrhura).

Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Green-tailed)
SCI Name: Pyrrhura frontalis chiripepe
chiripepe
Güaraní name Chiripepé for a parakeet; "NÚM. CCLXXXI.  DEL CHIRIPEPÉ.  Los mas le llaman así, aludiendo á su canto; aunque otros le dan el nombre de Aribayá." (de Azara 1805) (subsp. Pyrrhura frontalis).