Streak-headed Honeyeater / Pycnopygius stictocephalus
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Streak-headed Honeyeater
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Protonym: Pycnonotus (?) stictocephalus Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 9 p.34
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Pycnopygius
Taxonomy Code: sthhon1
Type Locality: Naiabui, Hall Sound, southeastern New Guinea.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PYCNOPYGIUS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Streak-headed Honeyeater P. stictocephalus) Gr. πυκνος puknos thick, dense; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump; "51. Pycnopygius (1) stictocephalus (Salvad.), Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. IX, p. 34 (1876). Hab. in Papuasia — Nova Guinea ... (1) Pycnopygius, Salvad. nov. gen. — Habitus specierum generis Pycnonoti; rostro breviusculo, culmine incurvato, alis mediocribus, cauda mediocri, aequali; pedibus parvis; ptilosi laxa, copiosa." (Salvadori 1880); "Pycnopygius Salvadori, 1880, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 16, p. 78. Type, by monotypy, Pycnonotus (?) stictocephalus Salvadori." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 401).
pycnopygius
Gr. πυκνος puknos thick, dense; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
stictocephala / stictocephalus
Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; -κεφαλος
-kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
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)
