Black-fronted Flowerpecker / Dicaeum igniferum
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Black-fronted Flowerpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dicaeum igniferum Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.494
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code: blfflo1
Type Locality: Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Author: Wallace
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
ignifera / igniferum / igniferus
L. ignifer fire-bearing < ignis fire; -fera -bearing < ferre to carry.
SUBSPECIES
Black-fronted Flowerpecker (igniferum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum igniferum igniferum
ignifera / igniferum / igniferus
L. ignifer fire-bearing < ignis fire; -fera -bearing < ferre to carry.
Black-fronted Flowerpecker (cretum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum igniferum cretum
cretum
L. cretus distinguished < cernere to perceive, to distinguish (cf. cretus born of, descended from, risen < crescere to increase in size).
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)
