Cebu Flowerpecker
Cebu Flowerpecker
Here the details of the Cebu Flowerpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Prionochilus quadricolor Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1877) (1877), Pt4 p.762 pl.77 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code: cebflo1
Type Locality: Cebu.
Author: Tweeddale
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
DICAEUM
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker D. cruentatum) Gr. δικαιον dikaion supposedly an Indian bird mentioned by Aelianus, but the name probably refers to the scarab beetle Scarabaeus; "LES DICÉES. (DICÆUM. Cuv.) (3). Ne grimpent pas non plus, et n'ont pas la queue usée; leur bec aigu, arqué, pas plus long que la tête, est déprimé et élargi à sa base. Ils viennent des Indes-Orientales, sont fort petits, et portent généralement de l'écarlate dans leur plumage. ... (3) DICÆUM, nom d'un très-petit oiseau des Indes selon Ælien. A ce sous-genre appartiennent certh. erythronotos, Vieill. II, 35. Le C. cruentata, Edw. 81, en est probablement une variété d'âge. — C. rubra, Vieill. pl. 54. — C. erythropygia, Lath. 2e Supp. — C. tæniata, Sonn. IIe Voy. pl. 107, fig. 3. — C. cantillans, id. ib. 2." (Cuvier 1817); "Dicaeum Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal., 1, p. 410. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 13), Certhia erythronotum Gmelin = Certhia erythronotos Latham = Certhia cruentata Linnaeus." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 174).
Var. Diceaum, Diceum, Dicoeum, Decaeum.
Synon. Austrodicaeum, Bournsia, Chilociris, Chromatociris, Cryptociris, Microchelidon, Myzanthe, Pachyglossa, Phenacistes, Polisornis, Psarisoma.
quadricolor
Med. L. quadricolor, quadricoloris four-coloured < L. quadri- four- < quattuor four; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Gros-bec de Java” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 101, fig. 2, “Quadricolor” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Red-rumped Bunting” of Latham 1783 (syn. Erythrura prasina).
● ex “Quadricolor” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 141 (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)