Melignomon Zenkeri Bird

Zenker\'s Honeyguide / Melignomon zenkeri

Melignomon Zenkeri Bird

English Name:  Zenker's Honeyguide
Latin Name:  Melignomon zenkeri
Protonym:  Melignomon zenkeri Orn.Monatsb. 6 p.22
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Indicatoridae / Melignomon
Taxonomy Code:  zenhon1
Type Locality:  Jaunde, Cameroons.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1898
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELIGNOMON
(Indicatoridae; Ϯ Zenker's Honeyguide M. zenkeri) Gr. μελι meli,  μελιτος melitos  honey; γνωμων gnōmōn, γνωμονος gnōmonos  guide, inspector  < γιγνωσκω gignōskō  to determine; "Melignomon n. g. Indicatoridarum.  12 Schwanzfedern wie bei Indicator, aber Schnabel dünn und spitz wie bei Prodotiscus.  —  Typus: Melignonom zenkeri Rchw." (Reichenow 1898).

zenkeri / zenkerianus
Georg August Zenker (1855-1922) German botanist, explorer, collector, settler in the Cameroons 1889-1922 (subsp. Accipiter erythropus, subsp. Agapornis swindernianus, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Lanius mackinnoni, syn. Macrosphenus concolor, Melignomon, syn. Neocossyphus poensis, syn. Phyllastrephus albigularis, subsp. Sarothrura pulchra, subsp. Smithornis sharpei, syn. Stizorhina finschi, subsp. Tauraco persa).