Streak-headed White-eye

SCI Name:  Lophozosterops squamiceps
Protonym:  Chlorocharis squamiceps Novit.Zool. 3 p.70
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Lophozosterops
Taxonomy Code:  sthwhe1
Type Locality:  peak of Bonthain.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1896
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Lophozosterops
(syn. Heleia Ϯ Crested White-eye H. dohertyi) Gr. λοφος lophos  crest; genus Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1826, white-eye; "Lophozosterops gen. nov.   A series of a pretty little bird from the mountain of Tambora cannot, without violence, be united with any genus known to us.  I am, therefore, obliged to create a new genus for its reception.  In its wing-formula it agrees best with Zosterops, to which genus it seems most nearly allied.  The nasal aperture is covered from above with a strong operculum, the beak rather strong and stout.  Tail shaped as in Zosterops.  Tarsus distinctly, though only about 4 mm., longer than middle toe with claw, and covered with seven or eight strongly marked scutellae.  Wing longer than tail.  Plumage soft and full, as in Zosterops.  Eye surrounded by a narrow ring of white feathers.  Head with a full crest.  Coloration above olive, below yellow; crested top of head of different colour, i.e. blackish brown with white streaks.   Type: Lophozosterops dohertyi.   *15. Lophozosterops dohertyi sp. nov.  ...  Hab. Volcano of Tambora [Sumbawa], 1000 to 3000 feet high." (Hartert 1896).

squamiceps
L. squama  scale; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.

SUBSPECIES

Streak-headed White-eye (heinrichi)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps heinrichi
heinrichi
Gerhardt 'Gerd' Hermann Heinrich (1896-1984) German/Polish field entomologist, zoologist, collector in Poland, the Balkans, East Indies, Burma, Iran, tropical Africa, Mexico, and North America (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, syn. Cacomantis aeruginosus, subsp. Cataponera turdoides, subsp. Chloris spinoides, Cossypha, syn. Dryobates minor buturlini, syn. Falco peregrinus ernesti, Geomalia, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, subsp. Prinia bairdii, subsp. Scolopax celebensis, syn. Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).

Streak-headed White-eye (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).

Streak-headed White-eye (striaticeps)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps striaticeps
striaticeps
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow; –ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.

Streak-headed White-eye (stachyrinus)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps stachyrinus
stachyrina / stachyrinus
Gr. σταχυς stakhus  ear (of wheat); ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nostrils.

Streak-headed White-eye (analogus)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps analogus
analoga / analogus
L. analogus  similar, analogous  < Gr. αναλογος  analogos  equivalent to, resembling  < ανα ana  according to, with; λογος logos  principle, reason.
● ex “Ptilotis analogue” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1842; the Mimic Honeyeater was so-named because of its great similarity to Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii (Microptilotis).

Streak-headed White-eye (squamiceps)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops squamiceps squamiceps
squamiceps
L. squama  scale; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.