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Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot
The buff-faced pygmy parrot (''Micropsitta pusio'') is a very small green parrot found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest in New Britain and New Guinea. Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Nasiterna pusio'' by English naturalist Philip Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater in 1866. The genus name ''Micropsitta'' is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek μικρός ''mikros'' meaning small and ψιττακός ''psittakos'' for parrot. The specific name is the Latin ''pūsiō'', which means "little boy". Four subspecies have been described, although their status has been questioned. The type subspecies, ''M. p. pusio'', occurs on the Bismarck Archipelago and southeastern New Guinea; birds of Fergusson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago have blue-tinged throats and less distinct markings and are described as ''M. p. harterti''; birds of Misima and Tagula Islands in the Louisiade Archipelago are slightly larger and have more yellowish underparts and are descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sclater
Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an England, English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for 42 years, from 1860–1902. Early life Sclater was born at Tangier Park, in Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire, where his father William Lutley Sclater had a country house. George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing was Philip's elder brother. Philip grew up at Hoddington House where he took an early interest in birds. He was educated in school at Twyford and at thirteen went to Winchester College and later Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied scientific ornithology under Hugh Edwin Strickland. In 1851 he began to study law and was admitted a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. In 1856 he travelled to America and visited Lake Superior and the upper St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), St. Croix River, cano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |