Midget Flowerpecker / Dicaeum aeneum
WBN 
Midget Flowerpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dicaeum aeneum Voy.PoleSudZool. 3 Mamm.Ois. p.97 Atlas pl.22 fig.4
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code: midflo1
Type Locality: San Jorge (near Santa Isabel), Solomon Islands.
Author: Pucheran
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DICAEUM
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker D. cruentatum) Gr. δικαιον dikaion supposedly an Indian bird mentioned by Aelianus, but the name probably refers to the scarab beetle Scarabaeus; "LES DICÉES. (DICÆUM. Cuv.) (3). Ne grimpent pas non plus, et n'ont pas la queue usée; leur bec aigu, arqué, pas plus long que la tête, est déprimé et élargi à sa base. Ils viennent des Indes-Orientales, sont fort petits, et portent généralement de l'écarlate dans leur plumage. ... (3) DICÆUM, nom d'un très-petit oiseau des Indes selon Ælien. A ce sous-genre appartiennent certh. erythronotos, Vieill. II, 35. Le C. cruentata, Edw. 81, en est probablement une variété d'âge. — C. rubra, Vieill. pl. 54. — C. erythropygia, Lath. 2e Supp. — C. tæniata, Sonn. IIe Voy. pl. 107, fig. 3. — C. cantillans, id. ib. 2." (Cuvier 1817); "Dicaeum Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal., 1, p. 410. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 13), Certhia erythronotum Gmelin = Certhia erythronotos Latham = Certhia cruentata Linnaeus." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 174).
Var. Diceaum, Diceum, Dicoeum, Decaeum.
Synon. Austrodicaeum, Bournsia, Chilociris, Chromatociris, Cryptociris, Microchelidon, Myzanthe, Pachyglossa, Phenacistes, Polisornis, Psarisoma.
aeneum / aeneus
L. aeneus of a bronze colour, bronzed, coppery < aes, aeris bronze.
● ex “Sucrier Bronzé” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 297 (?syn. Cinnyris sp.).
● ex “Dicée bronzé” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Dicaeum).
● ex "Drongo Bronzé" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 176 (Dicrurus).
● ex “Merula viridis longicauda senegalensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle vert à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, “Merle cuivre d’Afrique” of Salerne 1767, and “Glossy Thrush" of Latham 1783 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Grand coucou de Madagascar” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 587, and “Vourou-driou” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Leptosomus discolor).
SUBSPECIES
Midget Flowerpecker (aeneum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum aeneum aeneum
aeneum / aeneus
L. aeneus of a bronze colour, bronzed, coppery < aes, aeris bronze.
● ex “Sucrier Bronzé” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 297 (?syn. Cinnyris sp.).
● ex “Dicée bronzé” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Dicaeum).
● ex "Drongo Bronzé" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 176 (Dicrurus).
● ex “Merula viridis longicauda senegalensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle vert à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, “Merle cuivre d’Afrique” of Salerne 1767, and “Glossy Thrush" of Latham 1783 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Grand coucou de Madagascar” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 587, and “Vourou-driou” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Leptosomus discolor).
Midget Flowerpecker (becki)
SCI Name: Dicaeum aeneum becki
becki
Rollo Howard Beck (1870-1950) US field ornithologist, collector in California, the Galápagos Is., South Pacific and New Guinea, leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition (syn. Ammospiza nelsoni, syn. Athene cunicularia hypugaea, subsp. Certhidea fusca, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, subsp. Dicaeum aeneum, subsp. Microptilotis orientalis, subsp. Petroica pusilla, subsp. Phylloscopus poliocephalus, Pseudobulweria, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus).
Midget Flowerpecker (malaitae)
SCI Name: Dicaeum aeneum malaitae
malaitae
Malaita I., Solomon Is.
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)
