Stomiopera Unicolor Bird
Stomiopera Unicolor Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis unicolor Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.136
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Stomiopera
Taxonomy Code: whghon1
Type Locality: Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
STOMIOPERA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ White-gaped Honeyeater S. unicolor) Gr. στομιον stomion bridle-bit, mouth < dim. στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; πηρα pēra wallet, pouch; "XLVIII. Stomiopera RCHB. s. Nat. Syst. d. Vög. Sppl. — Weicht durch den bedeutend längeren und stärkeren Schnabel, ein häutiges Mundtäschchen für jeden Mundwinkel und Mangel farbiger Ohrbüschel von Ptilotis ab, mit welcher die Gattung übrigens übereinstimmt, aber an deren Ende offenbar die Gattung Philedon repräsentirt. — Ich bildete den Namen aus το στομιον, Mund, und ἡ πηρα, Tasche. *250. St. unicolor (Ptilotis — GOULD) RCHB. — t. CCCCLXXI. 3355—56. ... *251. St. ocularis (Glyciphila GOULD) RCHB. — t. CCCCLXXIX. 3399—3400." (Reichenbach 1852); "Stomiopera Reichenbach, 1852, Handb. spec. Orn., abth. 2, Meropinae, continuatio no. IX, p. 109. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgen. Birds, p. 24), Ptilotis unicolor Gould." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 365).
Var. Stomiopara, Stomioptera.
Synon. Broadbentia.
unicolor
L. unicolor, unicoloris plain, uniform, of one colour < uni- single- < unus one; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Tanagra unicolor” of Lichtenstein MS (Haplospiza).
● ex “Perroquet Lori unicolore” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (unident.).
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)