Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker

SCI Name:  Prionochilus percussus
Protonym:  Pardalotus percussus Pl.Col. livr.66 pl.394 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Prionochilus
Taxonomy Code:  crbflo1
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1826
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PRIONOCHILUS
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker P. percussus) Gr. πριων priōn, πριονος prionos  saw; χειλος kheilos  lip; “Fam. PIPRIDÆ?  Subfam. PARDALOTINÆ?  Genus PRIONOCHILUS*, n.g.  <Pardalotus, Temm.  Diff. Char.—Margins of the beak minutely serrated.   Rostrum longiusculum, subcompressum, mandibulus subæqualibus; culmine subcarinato, juxta basin recto, deinde usque ad apicem gradatim decurvato; commissura modice decurvata; gonyde sursum curvata.  Maxilla haud emarginata, sed tomia mandibulae utriusque per medietatem externam minutissime serrata. Nares oblongæ, membrana supra tectæ.  Alæ mediocres, remige 1^a spuria, 3^a, 4^a, et 5^a subæqualibus.  Cauda brevis rectricibus æqualibus.  Pedes subbreves, gressorii, acrotarsiis subscutellatis, paratarsiis integris.  Digitus externus interiore longior, ad medium per longitudinis dimidium coadunatus.  Habitant in Malasia.   Species: 1. P. percussus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 394. f. 2.   2. P. thoracicus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 600. f. 1, 2.   3. P. maculatus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 600. f. 3.   Obs. The nearest affinity of this group is Calyptomena, Raff., to which it approaches in the structure of the beak and feet much more nearly than to Pardalotus. The serrations of the tomia appear not to have been hitherto noticed.   *Πριων, a saw; χειλος, a lip.” (Strickland 1841); "Prionochilus Strickland, 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 9, p. 29. Type, by subsequent designation, Pardalotus percussus Temminck and Laugier (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 46). Not preoccupied by Prionocheilus Chevrolat, 1837, Coleoptera." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 171-172).
Var. Prionichilus.
Synon. Acmonorhynchus, Anaimos, Charitociris.
● (syn. Mergus Ϯ Brazilian Merganser M. octosetaceus) "Prionochilus brasiliensis, Bertoni (gen. nov.)  ...  Los bordes están armados, en toda la lonjitud, menos la uña, por una hilera de dientes fuertes, espesos, agudos, oblícuos hacia atrás, muy visibles exteriormente" (Bertoni 1901); "Prionochilus Bertoni, An. Cient. Paraguayos (1), no. 1, 1901, p. 8. Type, by monotypy, Prionochilus braziliensis [sic] Bertoni = Mergus octosetaceus Vieillot." (Peters 1931, I, 186).

percussa / percussum / percussus
L. percussus  slain, stabbed (i.e. blood-stained)  < percutere  to strike down  < per  by, through; quatere  to shatter.

SUBSPECIES

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (ignicapilla)
SCI Name: Prionochilus percussus ignicapilla
ignicapilla / ignicapillatus / ignicapillum / ignicapillus
L. ignis  fire; -capillus  -crowned  < capillus  hair of the head.

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (regulus)
SCI Name: Prionochilus percussus regulus
REGULUS
(Regulidae; Ϯ Goldcrest R. regulus) Specific name Motacilla regulus Linnaeus, 1758; "Roitelets . . . Regulus" (Cuvier 1800); "Dans la tradition nordique, le roitelet (le plus petit des oiseaux) est le druide des oiseaux. Ce term de petit roi n'est donc pas une moquerie, il correspond à une vieille tradition celtique. Le première mention de ce mot pour désigner un oiseau remonte au début du XII^e siècle" (Cabard & Chauvet 2003); "Regulus Cuvier, 1800, Leçons Anatomie Comparée, 1, table 2. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, "Roitelets" = Motacilla regulus Linnaeus." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 286). This genus formerly included the reguline leaf-warblers Phylloscopus.
Var. Regillus (L. regillus  royal, regal  < regius  royal).
Synon. Calendula, Corthylio, Ocelletus, Orchilus, Regaliolus, Rex, Senator.
● (syn. Regulus Ϯ Ruby-crowned Kinglet R. calendula) "Regulus BARTRAM, Travels through Carolina, etc., 1791, p.—  ...  Type, Motacilla calendula LINNAEUS ²  (Present designation.)³   ...   ² Seven species of Regulus are enumerated by Bartram in 1791, but only one is technically available as type at this date. This is "R. cristatus alter vertice rubini coloris; the ruby crown wren. (G. Edwards.)", or Motacilla calendula Linnaeus. Edwards figured and described this species from a specimen sent to him by Bartram.   ...   ³ There appear to be excellent generic differences between Motacilla calendula and M. regulus, as long ago recognized by Cabanis, who, in 1853, proposed the name Corthylio for M. calendula. This genus has been recently revived by Mr. Miller (Auk, vol. 32, 1915, pp. 234-236), but from the above reference to Regulus it will be seen that Motacilla regulus is the species to be provided with a generic name." (Richmond 1917). 

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (percussus)
SCI Name: Prionochilus percussus percussus
percussa / percussum / percussus
L. percussus  slain, stabbed (i.e. blood-stained)  < percutere  to strike down  < per  by, through; quatere  to shatter.