Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Here the details of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acanthagenys rufogularis Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.69
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Acanthagenys
Taxonomy Code: spchon1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ACANTHAGENYS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater A. rufogularis) Gr. ακανθα akantha spine, thorn < ακη akē point; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos cheek; "[plate] Acanthygenys rufogularis ... [text] Genus ACANTHAGENYS, Gould CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum caput æquans, compressum, leviter arcuatum, ad apicem acutum, naribus sub-basalibus, mandibulæ superioris tomiis ad apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis; plaga nuda a basi mandibulæ infra oculos excurrente; genis infra plagam spinis subrigidis tectis. Alæ mediocres; remige primo brevissimo tertio, quarto, et quinto æqualibus ceterosque excellentibus. Cauda mediocris subæqualis. Pedes validi; digito postico forti, digitumque intermedium anricum excellente; externo ad intermedium basaliter conjuncto; unguibus incurvis. Hoc genus ad illud Anthochæra dictum appropinquat, differt cauda æquali, plaga faciali nuda genisque spinosis. ... This genus approaches Anthochæra, but differs in having the tail equal, a naked facial stripe, and the cheeks spinose. ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS, Gould." (Gould 1838); "Acanthogenys [sic] Gould, 1838 (April), Synops. Birds Australia, pt. 4, pl. 69; also, 1838 (Dec.), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 5 (1837), p. 146. Type, by monotypy, Acanthogenys rufogularis Gould." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 444).
Var. Acanthygenys, Acanthogenys, Acanthogonys, Acanthegonys.
rufogulare / rufogularis
L. rufus red; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
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)