Xanthotis Flaviventer Bird
Xanthotis Flaviventer Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Myzantha flaviventer Man.Orn. 2 p.67
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Xanthotis
Taxonomy Code: tabhon1
Type Locality:
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1828
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
XANTHOTIS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Tawny-breasted Honeyeater X. flaviventer) Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear; "PHILÉDON A OREILLES JAUNES ... deux touffes d'un jaune d'or se dessinent de chaque côté sous les oreilles" (Lesson & Garnot 1828); "LXVIII. Xanthotis RCHB. Nat. Syst. der Vögel sppl. — Augenfeld nackt, am Ende desselben ein gelber Ohrbüschel. Hier wieder Repräsentant von Ptilotis. 304. X. flaviventris (Myzanthe — LESS. GARN.) RCHB — t. DIII. 3512. — Bräunlich olivengrün, Augenfeld unter den Ohren sich herabziehend nackt fleischroth, unter dem Auge ein blaßgelber Fleck, am Ende des Feldes ein befiederter hochgelber Querstreif ... In DUPERREY'S Reise pl. 21bis abgebildet als "Philédon à oreilles jaures [sic]", später von LESSON im Manuél II. 67. Myzantha flaviventris genannt, ohne Beschreibung. Wir sehen hier offenbar einen Philedon im Kleide einer Ptilotis, von dieser Gattung aber charakteristisch durch die vom Schnabelgrunde entfernten Nasenlöcher verschieden. — Neu-Guinea." (Reichenbach 1852); "Xanthotis Reichenbach, 1852, Handb. spec. Orn., abth. 2, Meropinae, continuatio no. IX, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Xanthotis flaviventris Reichenbach = Myzantha flaviventer Lesson." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 365).
Synon. Caloptilotis, Mundavis.
xanthotis
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear (cf. ξανθοτης xanthotēs yellowness).
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).
SUBSPECIES
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (fusciventris)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer fusciventris
fusciventer / fusciventris
L. fuscus dusky, dark; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Bouvreuil à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 319, fig. 2 (syn. Sporophila minuta).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (flaviventer)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer flaviventer
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (rubiensis)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer rubiensis
rubiensis
Rubi I., Geelvink Bay, Dutch New Guinea / Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (saturatior)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris more richly coloured, intensely coloured < saturare to satisfy < satur, satura rich, copious < satis enough.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (tararae)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer tararae
tarara / tararae
Tarara, Wassi Kussa River, Western Division, British Papua New Guinea.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (giulianettii)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer giulianettii
giulianetti / giulianettii
Amadeo Giulianetti (1869-1901) Italian naturalist, ethnologist, explorer, collector, Acting Resident Magistrate at Delena District, New Guinea (subsp. Phylloscopus poliocephalus, syn. Xanthotis flaviventer).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (visi)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer visi
visi
Revd. Charles Walter DeVis (1829-1915) English naturalist, collector, Curator of Queensland Mus. 1882-1905 (subsp. Xanthotis flaviventer).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (kumusii)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer kumusii
kumusi / kumusii
Kumusi River, south-eastern New Guinea.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (madaraszi)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer madaraszi
madaraszi
Dr Gyula János István Madarász (1858-1931) Hungarian ornithologist, Curator of Bird Department, Hungarian National Mus. 1881-1915 (subsp. Chloris chloris, subsp. Eremopterix leucotis, subsp. Colluricincla megarhyncha, syn. Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus, syn. Crithagra mozambica, syn. Galerida cristata meridionalis, syn. Neafrapus boehmi sheppardi, syn. Oriolus flavocinctus, Psittacella, subsp. Xanthotis flaviventer).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (philemon)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer philemon
PHILEMON
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Black-faced Friarbird P. moluccensis) Gr. φιλημων philēmōn, φιλημονος philēmonos affectionate, kissing < φιλημα philēma, φιληματος philēmatos kiss; "Polochion ... Tel est le nom et le cri habituel de cet oiseau des Moluques; il se répète sans cesse étant perché sur les plus hautes branches des arbres, et par le sens qu'a ce mot dans la langue Moluquoise, il semble inviter tous les êtres sensibles à l'amour et à la volupté ... Ce mot, en la langue des Moluques, signifie baisons-nous; et en conséquence M. Commerson propose de nommer cet oiseau Philemon ou Philedon ou deosculator, c'est-à-dire, baiseur" (de Buffon 1770-1783); “Commerson had said that the word Polochion, which expressed the cry and was the name of the bird, signified ‘baisons-nous’, and hence proposed to call it Philemon or Philedon. Vieillot, as above stated, adopted the one, Cuvier, a year later, the other” (Newton & Gadow 1893); "Noch gegenwärtig wird der "Lederkopf" auf Buru nach seinem Ruf bolodjion genannt; offenbar wurde Commerson der Sinn dieses Wortes nach naiver Volksetymologie als das Malayische bole tjium = osculari licet gedentet" (Stresemann 1914); "163. POLOCHION, Philemon. Merops, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec médiocre, ou long, un peu comprimé latéralement, pointu; mandibule supérieure échancrée vers le bout. — Langue terminée en pinceau. — Côtés de la tête quelquefois denués de plumés. 2 sections. Esp. Polochion, Buff. — Merops cincinnatus, Lath. — Herootaire gorruck, Vieill. Oiseaux dorés." (Vieillot 1816); "Philemon Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 47. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 15), ["Polochion Buffon" =] Merops moluccensis Gmelin." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 403).
Synon. Alphaphilemon, Argentiphilemon, Microphilemon, Neophilemon, Philedon, Philemonopsis, Tropidorhynchus.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (meyerii)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer meyerii
meyeri / meyerianus / meyerii
● Dr Aron Baruch Meyer (known as Adolf Bernhard Meyer) (1840-1911) German physician, collector in the East Indies and New Guinea 1870-1873, Director of Royal Mus. Dresden 1874-1906, zoologist, anthropologist (Accipiter, Chalcites (ex Chrysococcyx splendidus Mayer, 1874), syn. Cinnyris jugularis plateni, Edolisoma, Epimachus, syn. Leptocoma sericea porphyrolaema (ex Hermotimia porphyrolaema scapulata Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896), subsp. Myzomela nigrita, Pachycephala (ex Pachycephala affinis Meyer, 1884), Philemon (ex Tropidorhynchus inornatus Meyer, 1875), subsp. Pitohui kirhocephalus, subsp. Pucrasia macrolopha, syn. Rhipidura atra, subsp. Tanysiptera galatea, subsp. Timeliopsis fulvigula, syn. Todiramphus chloris, Trichoglossus, subsp. Xanthotis flaviventer (ex Ptilotis pyrrhotis Meyer, 1875)).
● Dr Bernhard Meyer (1767–1836) German botanist, ornithologist, collector (syn. Limosa lapponica, Poicephalus).
● Fr. P. Rudolf Otto Maria Meyer (1877-1937) German missionary to the Bismarck Archipelago 1902-1937 (syn. Acrocephalus stentoreus sumbae, subsp. Hypotaenidia philippensis, subsp. Ptilinopus solomonensis).
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (spilogaster)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer spilogaster
spilogaster / spilogastra
Gr. σπιλος spilos spot; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (filiger)
Latin Name: Xanthotis flaviventer filiger
filiger / filigera
Mod. L. filigera thread-carrying (e.g. lined, streaked) < L. filum, fili thread; -gera carrying < gerere to carry.
• "PTILOTIS FILIGERA, Gould. Streaked Honey-eater. ... Although on the whole a dull-coloured species, it is rendered interestingly different from all its congeners by the thread-like streak beneath the ear-coverts, and by the small striæ which decorate the back of the neck and the upper part of the mantle." (Gould 1851) (subsp. Xanthotis flaviventer).
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)