Black-chinned Honeyeater / Melithreptus gularis
Black-chinned Honeyeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Haematops gularis Syn.BirdsAustr. pt1 pl.17 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Melithreptus
Taxonomy Code: blchon2
Type Locality: interior of New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
MELITHREPTUS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ White-naped Honeyeater M. lunatus) Gr. μελιθρεπτος melithreptos honey-fed < μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; θρεπτα threpta feeding < τρεφω trephō to nourish; "162. HEOROTAIRE, Melithreptus. Certhia, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec arrondi à la base, entier, plus court, ou plus long que la tête, arqué en faucille, acuminé.—Langue ou divisée en 2 filets, ou ciliée à la pointe.—Les première et deuxième remiges les plus longues. 2 sections. Esp. Heorotaire fuscalbin.—Hoho, Vieill. Ois. dorés. ... Melithreptus [μελιθερωτος [sic], melle nutritus]." (Vieillot 1816); "Melithreptus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 46. Type, by subsequent designation (Gadow, 1884, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 9, p. 204), Certhia lunulata Shaw (error for lunata) = Certhia lunata Vieillot.1 ... 1 This is the first correct type designation. It is usually stated that the type designation is based on monotypy, but Vieillot actually placed two species in his Melithreptus, namely "Heorotaire fuscalbin" (= Certhia lunata Vieillot) and "Hoho" (= Certhia pacifica Gmelin), referring to Vieillot, 1802, Oiseaux Dorés, 2, pls. 61, 63, respectively. G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 15 cited Melithreptus as a synonym to Acanthorhynchus, but in the second edition (1841, p. 16) stated that he wanted to retain Melithreptus as the name for the "first section" (i.e. Certhia lunata), "to which it seems more proper that it should be applied." This cannot be accepted as a definite type designation." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 394).
Var. Melethreptus, Melithreptes, Melitreptus, Melitihreptus.
Synon. Dialis, Eidopsarus, Gymnophrys, Haematops.
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
SUBSPECIES
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed)
SCI Name: Melithreptus gularis laetior
laetior
L. laetior, laetioris more bright < comp. laetus bright, rich.
Black-chinned Honeyeater (Black-chinned)
SCI Name: Melithreptus gularis gularis
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
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)