Western Spinebill

Here the details of the Western Spinebill named bird below:

SCI Name:  Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
Protonym:  Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Syn.BirdsAustr. pt2 pl.27 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Acanthorhynchus
Taxonomy Code:  wesspi1
Type Locality:  Van Diemen''s Land [error = Perth, Western Australia] .
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACANTHORHYNCHUS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Eastern Spinebill A. tenuirostris) Gr. ακανθα akantha  spine  < ακη akē  point; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "[plate 27] 1 Canthorhynchus [sic] superciliosus.  2 —— tenuirostris.  3 —— dubius." (Gould 1837, Synops. Bds. Austr.); "ACANTHORHYNCHUS. (Gen. char.)  Rostrum elongatum gracile et acutum; ad latera compressum; tomiis incurvatis; culmine acuto et elevato.  Nares basales elongatæ et operculo tectæ.  Lingua ut in Gen. Meliphaga.   ...   Typus, Certhia tenuirostris, auct." (Gould 1837, P.Z.S.); "Acanthorhynchus Gould, 1837 (April), Synops. Birds Australia, pt. 2, pl. 27; also 1837 (Nov.), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 5 (1837), p. 24. Type, by original designation (in the latter publication), Certhia tenuirostris Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 437).
Var. Canthorhynchus, Acanthorynchus.
Synon. Leptoglossus.

superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).