Grantiella Picta Bird
Grantiella Picta Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Entomophila picta Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.71
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Grantiella
Taxonomy Code: paihon1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
GRANTIELLA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Painted Honeyeater G. picta) Dim. after William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) English ornithologist; "Page 94 Genus ccxcvii. Grantiella nom. nov. replaces Entomophila Gould [1838] preoccupied by Horsfield, Zool. Res. Java 1824." (Mathews 1911).
Synon. Entomophila.
picta
L. pictus painted < pingere to paint.
● ex “Painted Duck” of Cook 1777, and “Painted Goose” of Latham 1785 (Chloephaga).
● ex "Todier de Juida" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 783, fig. 1, and "Todier bleu à ventre orangé" of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Ispidina).
● ex “Todier bleu à ventre orangé” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Blue Tody” of Latham 1782 (syn. Ispidina picta).
● ex “Anaca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Perruche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 144 (Pyrrhura).
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)