Anthornis Melanocephala Bird

English Name:  Chatham Island Bellbird
Latin Name:  Anthornis melanocephala
Protonym:  Anthornis melanocephala Trav.N.Z.[Dieffenbach] 2 p.188
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Anthornis
Taxonomy Code:  chibel1
Type Locality:  Chatham Islands.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Extinct

DEFINITIONS

ANTHORNIS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ New Zealand Bellbird A. melanura) Gr. ανθος anthos  flower; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "ANTHORNIS, n. Melithreptus, Vieill.  Anthomyza ^a, Swains.  Furnarius, Steph.  Certhia, Sparr.   A. melanura, (Sparr.) n.  Sparr. Mus. Carls., t. 5.  A. cæruleocephala, Sw.   ...   ^aEmployed in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Anthornis G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 15.  New name for Anthomyza Swains., i.e. Anthomiza Swainson, 1837, considered preoccupied by Anthomyza Fallen, 1810 (Diptera)." (JAJ 2021)..
Synon. Anthomiza.

melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.
● ex “Black-headed Shrike” of Latham 1783 (syn. Brachypodius atriceps).
● ex “Pato cabeza negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 438 (syn. Heteronetta atricapilla).
● ex “Manakin à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 303, fig. 1 (syn. Manacus manacus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  melanocephalus.  33. P. brachiurus viridis subtus luteus, pileo nigro, pectore albo. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. p.  Psittacus coccineus, ventre albo. Edw. av. 169. t. 169.  Habitat in Mexico." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pionites).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  melanocephala.  26. L. lutea, capite atro.  Coccothraustes gambogia. Alb. av. 3. p. 58. t. 62.  Habitat in Gvinea." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ploceus).
● ex “Pluvian du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 918, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Black-headed Plover” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pluvianus aegyptius).
● ex “Black-headed Ibis” of Latham 1787, and “Tantalus de Macé” of Cuvier 1804 (Threskiornis).
● ex “Black-headed Roller” of Latham 1787 (syn. Urocissa erythrorhyncha).
● ex “Pie Bleue à Tête Noire” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 58 (unident.; ?syn. Urocissa sp.).