Ptiloprora Guisei Bird
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Ptiloprora Guisei Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis (?) guisei AnnualRep.Brit.NewGuinea(1893-1894) App.EE p.103
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Ptiloprora
Taxonomy Code: rubhon1
Type Locality: Mt. Maneao, southeastern New Guinea.
Author: De Vis
Publish Year: 1894
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTILOPRORA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Rufous-backed Honeyeater P. guisei) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; πρωρα prōra ship’s prow; “55. Ptilotis? guisei, n. s. ... Allied to P. erythropleura, Salvad. The feathered face, rounded tail, and want of a specialized ear-tuft should be sufficient to separate these two species from Ptilotis; a subgenus, Ptiloprora, limited by these characters, might be made for them” (DeVis 1894); "Ptiloprora De Vis, 1894, Ann. Rept. British New Guinea, 1893-94, p. 103. Type, by present designation, Ptilotis guisei De Vis.1 ... 1 No proper type selection has been made. It is usually stated that the type designation is based on monotypy, but De Vis placed both guisei and erythropleura in Ptiloprora, without choosing a generic type." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 412).
guisei
Lt. Reginald Edward Guise (1850-1902) British Army, colonial administrator, explorer in New Guinea 1883-1894 (Ptiloprora).
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)
