Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (2)
Guy M. Kirwan, Christopher J. Sharpe, Nárgila Moura, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.2 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryspapegaai |
| Bulgarian | Обикновено жако |
| Catalan | lloro gris cuavermell |
| Chinese | 灰鸚鵡 |
| Czech | papoušek žako |
| Dutch | Grijze Roodstaartpapegaai |
| English | Gray Parrot |
| English (United States) | Gray Parrot |
| French | Perroquet jaco |
| French (France) | Perroquet jaco |
| German | Graupapagei |
| Hebrew | תוכי אפור |
| Icelandic | Grápáfi |
| Italian | Pappagallo cenerino maggiore |
| Japanese | ヨウム |
| Norwegian | gråjako |
| Polish | żako |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Papagaio-cinzento |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Papagaio-cinzento |
| Russian | Краснохвостый жако |
| Serbian | Sivi papagaj (žako) |
| Slovak | papagáj sivý (žako) |
| Spanish | Loro Yaco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Loro yaco |
| Swedish | grå/västlig jako |
| Turkish | Afrika Gri Papağanı |
| Ukrainian | Папуга сірий |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly generated the map.
Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Psittacus erithacus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.99.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Guinea, error, I designate Gold Coast Colony.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PSITTACUS
- ERITHACUS
- erithacus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Gray Parrot
