Dicaeum Cruentatum Bird
Dicaeum Cruentatum Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Certhia cruentata Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.119
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code: scbflo1
Type Locality: Bengal.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
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.
cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus
L. cruentatus blood-stained, spotted with blood < cruentare to make bloody < cruor, cruoris blood, gore.
● "59. CERTHIA. ... cruentata. 4. C. nigro-cærulescens, subtus alba, vertice, cervice, dorso uropygioque rubris. Certhia minor, ex albo nigro & rubro varia. Edw. av. 81. t. 81. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dicaeum).
● ex “Petit pic noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 694, fig. 2 (Melanerpes).
SUBSPECIES
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (cruentatum)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum
cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus
L. cruentatus blood-stained, spotted with blood < cruentare to make bloody < cruor, cruoris blood, gore.
● "59. CERTHIA. ... cruentata. 4. C. nigro-cærulescens, subtus alba, vertice, cervice, dorso uropygioque rubris. Certhia minor, ex albo nigro & rubro varia. Edw. av. 81. t. 81. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dicaeum).
● ex “Petit pic noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 694, fig. 2 (Melanerpes).
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (ignitum)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum ignitum
ignitis / ignitum / ignitus
L. ignitus fiery, glowing < ignire to set on fire < ignis fire.
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (sumatranum)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum sumatranum
sumatrae / sumatrana / sumatranum / sumatranus / sumatrensis
Sumatra, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia < Sanskrit Samudra sea (a name subsequently mangled by European travellers).
● ex “Malacca Partridge” of Latham 1823 (syn. Caloperdix oculeus).
● Perhaps the “Polo Condor Gull” of Latham 1801 (Sterna).
● Erroneous TL. Sumatra (= Celebes / Sulawesi) (Tanygnathus).
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (batuense)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum batuense
batu / batuense / batuensis
Batu Is., Sumatra, Indonesia.
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (simalurense)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum simalurense
simalurense / simalurensis
Simalur I., Barussan Is., off Sumatra, Indonesia.
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (niasense)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum niasense
nias / niasense / niasensis
Nias I., Sumatra, Indonesia.
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (nigrimentum)
Latin Name: Dicaeum cruentatum nigrimentum
nigrimentum / nigrimentus
L. niger black; mentum chin.
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)