Plectorhyncha Lanceolata Bird
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Plectorhyncha Lanceolata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Plectorhyncha lanceolata Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.70
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Plectorhyncha
Taxonomy Code: strhon1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PLECTORHYNCHA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Striped Honeyeater P. lanceolata) Gr. πληκτρον plēktron spear-point; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "Genus PLECTORHYNCHA, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum capite brevius, leviter arcuatum, fere conicum, et acutum naribus basalibus, operculo tectis; mandibula superiore obsolete ad apicem indentata. Alæ mediocres; remige primo brevissimo, tertio, quartoque longissimis. Cauda mediocris et æqualis. Tarsi validi; digito postico cum ungue forti, et digitum intermedium anticum excellente; digitis lateralibus inæqualibus, externo longiore, et intermedio basaliter conjuncto. ... PLECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA, Gould. ... throat and under surface greyish white, the stem of each feather, which ends lanceolate, pure white" (Gould 1838); "Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838 (April), Synops. Birds Australia, pt. 4, pl. 70; also, 1838 (Dec.), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 5 (1837), p. 153. Type, by monotypy, Plectorhyncha lanceolata Gould. Emended to Plectrorhynchus." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 432).
Var. Plectrorhyncha, Plectrorhynchus, Pectorhyncha.
Synon. Plectoramphus.
lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus lanceolate, spear-shaped < lancea lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).
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)
