Scenopoeetes Dentirostris Bird
Scenopoeetes Dentirostris Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Scenopoeus dentirostris Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1875) (1875), Pt4 p.591
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ptilonorhynchidae / Scenopoeetes
Taxonomy Code: tobcat2
Type Locality: Bellenden Ker Range (3,000^,000 feet). North Queensland.
Author: Ramsay, EP
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCENOPOEETES
(Ptilonorhynchidae; Ϯ Tooth-billed Bowerbird S. dentirostris) Gr. σκηνη skēnē stage, tent; ποιητης poiētēs maker < ποιεω poieō to make (see Scenopoeus);"Scenopœetes dentirostris. — A new generic name seems to be required for the Tooth-billed Bowerbird of Australia, as Scenopœus of Ramsay, 1875, is preoccupied in entomology by Scenopœus, Agassiz, 1847 (= Scenopinus, Latreille, 1802)." (Coues 1891).
Var. Scenopooetus.
Synon. Scenopoeus, Tectonornis.
dentirostris
L. dens, dentis tooth; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
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)