Gray-headed Honeyeater
Gray-headed Honeyeater
Here the details of the Gray-headed Honeyeater named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis keartlandi Ibis p.340
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Ptilotula
Taxonomy Code: gyhhon1
Type Locality: McMinns'' Range, central Australia.
Author: North
Publish Year: 1895
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTILOTULA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Yellow-tinted Honeyeater P. flavescens) Dim. < genus Ptilotis Swainson, 1837, meliphaga; "The genus Ptilotis as here used would be considered polyphyletic by genus splitters. Though the Australian species have so far escaped attention from such, the New Guinea species have been split off. I consider that those who would accept such genera as Xanthotis would also need genera as follows. Caloptilotis (nov.) for P. macleayana Ramsay: Paraptilotis (nov.) for P. fusca Gould: Lophoptilotis (nov.) for P. leadbeateri McCoy: and Ptilotula (nov.) for P. flavescens Gould." (Mathews 1912).
Synon. Paraptilotis, Sacramela.
keartlandi
George Arthur Keartland (1848-1926) English immigrant to Australia, compositor, oologist, ornithologist (Ptilotula).
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)