Timor White-eye
Timor White-eye
Here the details of the Timor White-eye named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: H[eleia] Mülleri J.Orn. 13 no.73 p.26
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Heleia
Taxonomy Code: timwhe1
Type Locality: Timor.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1865
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
HELEIA
(Zosteropidae; Ϯ Timor Heleia H. muelleri) Gr. ελεια eleia small bird, otherwise unidentified, mentioned by Callimachus; "b. Heleia nob. Rostrum validum. Pedes robusti. Ptilosis maculata. Cauda longa rotundata. 45. H. Mülleri Nob. ... Timor. Entschieden aberrante Form. Schnabel und Beine sehr kräftig. Die Brust erscheint am stärksten gefleckt. Schnabel-färbung heller als bei den typischen Arten. ... Syn. Zosterops frontalis Müll. in Mus. Lugdun." (Hartlaub 1865); "Heleia Hartlaub, 1865, Journ. f. Orn., 13, p. 26. Type, by monotypy, H. Mülleri Hartlaub." (Mayr in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 324). This bird was formerly known as the Spot-breasted White-eye.
Var. Helia.
Synon. Apoia, Lophozosterops, Oculocincta, Pseudozosterops.
muelleri
● Salomon Müller (1804-1864) German explorer, ornithologist (syn. Accipiter griseogularis, subsp. Ficedula dumetoria, Heleia, syn. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, subsp. Oriolus flavocinctus, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Pitta sordida, subsp. Rhipidura hyperythra (ex Rhipidura rufiventris Müller)).
● Prof. David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912) Austrian orientalist, linguist, explorer in Arabia 1897-1898 (syn. Anthodiaeta metallica).
● Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Müller (1824-1866) German naturalist, collector in tropical Africa, North America and Mexico, Director of Jardin Zoologique, Bruxelles 1852-1854 (syn. Butastur rufipennis, Merops, syn. Passer euchlorus, syn. Ploceus luteolus).
● Anton Müller (1799-1864) German civil servant, naturalist (syn. Calidris alba, syn. Larus marinus).
● C. Müller (fl. 1910) skinner for Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in tropical Africa 1908-1910 (syn. Cichladusa guttata rufipennis, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, syn. Tchagra senegalus habessinicus, syn. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus).
● Maj. Müller (d. 1898) explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Cisticola lais semifasciatus).
● Lorenz Müller (1868-1953) German herpetologist, collector in Brazil (syn. Cettia cetti sericea, Cranioleuca, subsp. Phaethornis superciliosus).
● Otto Frederik Müller (1730-1784) Danish naturalist (syn. Gavia stellata).
● Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Freiherr von Mueller (1825–1896) German/Australian botanist, acclimatizer (Lewinia).
● Alfred Müller (d. 1931) German Consul in Palma, Mallorca (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes kabylorum).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
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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)