Purnella Albifrons Bird
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Purnella Albifrons Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Glyciphila albifrons Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.94 p.160
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Purnella
Taxonomy Code: whfhon1
Type Locality: Western Australia [= York District, southern Western Australia].
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PURNELLA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ White-fronted Honeyeater P. albifrons) Herbert A. Purnell (1884-1962) Australian oologist, collector; "p. 267. From material supplied by Dr. J. Burton Cleland, I find that Gliciphila melanops differs generically from Gliciphila albifrons of my List of the Birds of Australia, pp. 266-267. I therefore introduce— PURNELLA genus nov. Type. Gliciphila albifrons Gould. Differs from Gliciphila Swainson in having a fleshy caruncle on the posterior canthus of the eye, of a deep pinkish flesh-colour. Named in honour of my friend Herbert A. Purnell, of Geelong." (Mathews 1914).
albifrons
L. albus white; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “White-fronted Owl” of Latham 1787 (syn. Aegolius acadicus).
● ex “White-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Amazona).
● ex “Cola aguda vientre de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 234 (Donacospiza).
● ex “White-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Miro australis).
● ex “White-faced Manakin” of Edwards 1764 (Pithys).
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)
