Black-throated Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Caligavis subfrenata
Protonym:  Ptilotis subfrenata Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.948
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Caligavis
Taxonomy Code:  blthon1
Type Locality:  Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, northwestern New Guinea.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CALIGAVIS
(Meliphagidae; † Obscure Honeyeater C. obscura) L. caligo, caliginis  darkness, gloom; avis  bird; "CALIGAVIS gen. nov.  Type, obscura De Vis 1897 (Ptilotis).   ...   OBSCURE HONEY-SUCKER (Caligavis obscura)   ...  The name "Obscure" is most applicable as everything about the bird in literature is unclear.  The generic name Caligavis is proposed to act as a lighthouse to warn of the dangers in connection with the two species, the type being obscura, and the characters are the dark coloration, streaked above and below, small size with tail shorter than wing, short bill with longer legs and the bare eye space.   ...   In New Guinea, the species [Caligavis subfrenata] is even more confused than the preceding, as no fewer than seven names have been given to it though its range is co-incident with that." (Iredale 1956); "Caligavis Iredale, 1956, Birds New Guinea, I, p. xv; II, p. 150.  Type, by original designation, Ptilotis obscura De Vis, 1897." (JAJ 2020).

subfrenata / subfrenatus
L. suffrenatio or subfrenatio  cementing, binding fast.
● L. sub  near to; specific name Ptilotis frenata Ramsay, 1875 (Caligavis).

SUBSPECIES

Black-throated Honeyeater (subfrenata)
SCI Name: Caligavis subfrenata subfrenata
subfrenata / subfrenatus
L. suffrenatio or subfrenatio  cementing, binding fast.
● L. sub  near to; specific name Ptilotis frenata Ramsay, 1875 (Caligavis).

Black-throated Honeyeater (melanolaema)
SCI Name: Caligavis subfrenata melanolaema
melanolaema / melanolaemus / melanolaima / melanolaimus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; λαιμος laimos  throat.

Black-throated Honeyeater (utakwensis)
SCI Name: Caligavis subfrenata utakwensis
utakwensis
Utakwa River, Nassau Range, New Guinea.

Black-throated Honeyeater (salvadorii)
SCI Name: Caligavis subfrenata salvadorii
salvadori / salvadoriana / salvadorianus / salvadorii
Adelardo Tommaso Conte Salvadori Paleotti (1835-1923) Italian doctor, participated in Garibaldi’s second expedition to Sicily 1860, ornithologist at Museum of Zoology, Turin University 1863-1923 (syn. Acrochordopus burmeisteri, subsp. Aegotheles albertisii, syn. Amazilia cyanura, subsp. Argya caudata, syn. Bradypterus cinnamomeus, subsp. Caligavis subfrenata, subsp. Caprimulgus macrurus, syn. Casuarius casuarius, subsp. Chalcites crassirostris, syn. Chauna torquata, syn. Corvus orru, syn. Crateroscelis robusta, Cryptospiza, subsp. Dicaeum maugei, Ducula, subsp. Edolisoma morio, subsp. Eremomela icteropygialis, subsp. Eudynamys orientalis, syn. Gerygone sulphurea, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, syn. Lichmera squamata, syn. Loriculus philippensis apicalis, subsp. Lorius lory, subsp. Lybius undatus, subsp. Merops philippinus, syn. Micropsitta pusio beccarii, syn. Nectarinia johnstoni nyikensis, syn. Nothocercus julius, subsp. Nothura darwinii, Onychognathus, subsp. Pachycephala hyperythra (ex Pachycephala sharpii Salvadori, 1896), syn. Papualestes cyanus subcyaneus, subsp. Paradisaea raggiana, syn. Pitohui kirhocephalus, syn. Platycercus icterotis, syn. Podiceps major, syn. Probosciger aterrimus goliath, syn. Psittacula derbiana, Psittaculirostris, subsp. Ptilinopus viridis, syn. Pycnonotus erythropthalmos, Salpornis, subsp. Sphecotheres vieilloti, syn. Spilornis cheela asturinus, subsp. Tanygnathus lucionensis, subsp. Tanysiptera sylvia, syn. Tregellasia leucops melanogenys, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Zenaida aurita, Zosterops) (see Soter).