Lyre-tailed Honeyguide / Melichneutes robustus
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Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
SCI Name:
Protonym: Melignomon robustus Bull.Br.Orn.Club 25 p.26
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Indicatoridae / Melichneutes
Taxonomy Code: lython1
Type Locality: Bitye, River Ja, Cameroons.
Author: Bates
Publish Year: 1909
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELICHNEUTES
(Indicatoridae; Ϯ Lyre-tailed Honeyguide M. robustus) Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; ιχνευτης ikhneutēs tracker, hunter < ιχνευω ikhneuō to track; "Melichneutes n. g. 12 Schwanzfedern, nur die 4 mittelsten gleichlang das 3. Paar wenig kürzer, die 3 äußeren jederseits stufig kürzer; Schnabel kräftig. Melichneutes sommerfeldi n. sp. ... Dume-Gebiet in Süd-Kamerun (Ltn. v. Sommerfeld S.). Zur Gattung Melichneutes gehört offenbar auch Melignomon robustus Bates, der jedoch artlich der Beschreibung nach wesentlich verschieden ist." (Reichenow 1910); "Melichneutes Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., 18, 1910, p. 160. Type, by monotypy, Melichneutes sommerfeldi Reichenow = Melignomon robustus Bates." (Peters 1948, VI, 69). The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide performs a unique noisy territorial display high above the forest canopy.
Synon. Ceriocleptes.
robustus
L. robustus powerful, strong, robust < robur, roboris hardwood.
● ex “Robust Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Poicephalus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
