Kadavu Honeyeater / Meliphacator provocator

Kadavu Honeyeater / Meliphacator provocator

Kadavu Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Meliphacator provocator
Protonym:  Ptilotis provocator Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.28
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  kanhon1
Type Locality:  Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands.
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Publish Year:  1875
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DEFINITIONS

MELIPHACATOR
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Kadavu Honeyeater M. provocator) Portmanteau of genus Meliphaga Lewin, 1808, honeyeater, and specific name Ptilotis provocator Layard, 1875; "Meliphacator Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. p. 93. 1925 [name not published here].  Type (by original designation): Ptilotis provocator Layard." (Mathews 1930).
Var. Meliphactor.

provocator
L. provocator, provocatoris  challenger  < provocare  to provoke.
● The Kadavu Honeyeater was discovered during the scientific mission of HMS Challenger around the world 1873-1876 (Meliphacator).