-
genus name is
derived from the
Ancient Gr****
kuanos meaning "blue" and
psittakos meaning "parrot". The
species name
spixii is a
Latinized form of the surname...
- in 1854. The name is
derived from
Ancient Gr****
rhynchos ("beak") and
psittakos ("parrot") and pachy- ("thick") and
rhynchos ("beak"),
hence a "thick-beaked...
-
specific epithet pytyopsittacus combines pitus,
pituos meaning "pine" with
psittakos meaning "parrot. The
crossbills are
characterised by the
mandibles crossing...
- ψιθυρίζω, ψιθυρισμός
Psithyrisma psittac-
parrot Gr**** ψιττακός, ψιττακοῦ (
psittakós, psittakoû) psittacine, psittacism,
psittacosis psoph-
noise Gr**** ψόφος...
- -psitta: Pronunciation: /sitɑːkoʊ/, /psitə/. Origin:
Ancient Gr**** ψιττακός (
psittakós). Meaning: parrot. "Psittaco-" is used for parrot-like creatures, while...
- the name is
derived from the Gr****
words nekros,
which means dead, and
psittakos, parrot, in
reference to the bird
being extinct. In
another footnote to...
- ψιθυρίζω, ψιθυρισμός
Psithyrisma psittac-
parrot Gr**** ψιττακός, ψιττακοῦ (
psittakós, psittakoû) psittacine, psittacism,
psittacosis psoph-
noise Gr**** ψόφος...
-
Micropsitta is
derived from the Gr**** μικρός
mikros meaning small and ψιττακός
psittakos for parrot. The
specific name is the
Latin pūsiō,
which means "little...
-
nanos dwarf +
Latin psittaca feminine of
psittacus parrot, from Gr****
psittakos parrot;
dachilleae a
Latinized form of the
surname d'Achille,
hence the...
- Gr**** word for crest,
referring here to the bird's
frontal crest, and
psittakos means parrot. More
fossils were
later found by
Theodore Sauzier, and described...
