Oedistoma Pygmaeum Bird

English Name:  Pygmy Longbill
Latin Name:  Oedistoma pygmaeum
Protonym:  Oedistoma pygmaeum Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.952
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Melanocharitidae / Oedistoma
Taxonomy Code:  pyghon1
Type Locality:  Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

OEDISTOMA
(Melanocharitidae; Ϯ Pygmy Longbill O. pygmaeum) Gr. οιδεω oideō  to swell; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos  mouth; "Gen. nov. Oedistoma, mihi.  (οιδεω tumeo; στομα os).  Novum genus generi MELILESTI Salvad. affine, sed rostro parvo, subtili, acuto, longitudinem capitis aequante, culmine incurvato, tomiis prope angulum oris tumidis; alis rotundatis; cauda brevi; tarsis mediocribus.  Typus:  Sp. 40. Oedistoma pygmaeum, nov. sp.  ...  Questa specie, una delle più piccole dell' intera famiglia dei Melifagidi, somiglia pel colorito al Melilestes iliolophus, mihi, ma ha le copiose piume dei fianchi di un giallo più vivo.  A togliere ogni dubbio che non si trattasse di un giovane, come avrebbero potuto far sospettare i margini tumidi dell' angolo della bocca, il Beccari ha avuto cura di notare che il suo individuo è adulto, la quale cosa del resto appare evidente anche per la qualità delle piume." (Salvadori 1875).

pygmaea / pygmaeum / pygmaeus / pygmea / pygmeum / pygmeus
L. pygmaeus  pygmy  < Gr. πυγμαιος pugmaios  pygmy, of the size of a fist  < πυγμη pugmē   fist.
● ex “Flat-billed Auk” of Latham 1785, and “Pigmy Auk” of Pennant 1785 (Aethia).
● ex “Pygmy Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Charmosyna palmarum).
● “73. PLATALEA.  ...  pygmea.  3. P. corpore supra fusco, subtus albo. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. p. . .  Habitat Surinami.  Magnitudo Passeris.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Calidris).
● ex "Pygmy Curlew" of Pennant 1773, and Latham 1785 (syn. Calidris ferruginea).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2, “Gobe-moucheron” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Dwarf Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).

SUBSPECIES

Pygmy Longbill (waigeuense)
Latin Name: Oedistoma pygmaeum waigeuense
waigeuense / waigeuensis / waigeunsis / waigiouensis / waigiuensis / waigoui
Waigiu I., Moluccas, Dutch New Guinea / Waigeu or Waigeo, Raja Ampat group, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pygmy Longbill (pygmaeum)
Latin Name: Oedistoma pygmaeum pygmaeum
pygmaea / pygmaeum / pygmaeus / pygmea / pygmeum / pygmeus
L. pygmaeus  pygmy  < Gr. πυγμαιος pugmaios  pygmy, of the size of a fist  < πυγμη pugmē   fist.
● ex “Flat-billed Auk” of Latham 1785, and “Pigmy Auk” of Pennant 1785 (Aethia).
● ex “Pygmy Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Charmosyna palmarum).
● “73. PLATALEA.  ...  pygmea.  3. P. corpore supra fusco, subtus albo. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. p. . .  Habitat Surinami.  Magnitudo Passeris.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Calidris).
● ex "Pygmy Curlew" of Pennant 1773, and Latham 1785 (syn. Calidris ferruginea).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2, “Gobe-moucheron” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Dwarf Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).

Pygmy Longbill (flavipectus)
Latin Name: Oedistoma pygmaeum flavipectus
flavipectus
L. flavus  yellow, golden-yellow; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Pygmy Longbill (olivascens)
Latin Name: Oedistoma pygmaeum olivascens
olivascens
Mod. L. olivascens, olivascentis  somewhat olive  < L. oliva  olive.

Pygmy Longbill (meeki)
Latin Name: Oedistoma pygmaeum meeki
meeki / meekiana
Albert Stewart Meek (1871-1943) English explorer, collector in New Guinea, Melanesia and Australia (syn. Amaurornis cinerea, subsp. Cacomantis flabelliformis, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii, Ceyx, Charmosyna, syn. Coracina papuensis angustifrons, Corvus, subsp. Dicrurus bracteatus, subsp. Edolisoma melas, Erythropitta, subsp. Loriculus aurantiifrons, subsp. Macropygia amboinensis, subsp. Melanocharis versteri, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, ‡Microgoura, Micropsitta, syn. Myzomela obscura fumata, Ninox, subsp. Oedistoma pygmaeum, subsp. Pachycephala leucogastra, subsp. Parotia carolae, subsp. Podargus ocellatus, syn. Psittaculirostris desmarestii godmani, Ptiloprora, subsp. Sericornis papuensis, subsp. Syma torotoro, subsp. Symposiachrus browni, subsp. Tyto alba, Zosterops).