Black Mamo / Drepanis funerea
Black Mamo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Drepanis funerea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1893) (1893), Pt4 p.690
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Drepanis
Taxonomy Code: blkmam
Type Locality: Molokai.
Author: Newton, A
Publish Year: 1894
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
DREPANIS
(Fringillidae; † Hawaii Mamo D. pacifica) Gr. δρεπανη drepanē or δρεπανηις drepanēis sickle < δρεπω drepō to pluck; "One of the largest (23cm) Hawaiian honeycreepers with huge sickle-shaped bill." (Pratt 2005); "16. HÉOROTAIRE (1), Drepanis. (Temm.) — Caract. Bec très-long, beaucoup plus que la tête, en quart de cercle, gros et triangulaire à sa base, subulé et très-effilé à la pointe; mandibule supérieure plus long que l'inférieure, sans échancrure. Langue courte, cartilagineuse. Narines basales, latérales, à moitié fermées en dessus. Pieds: tarse du double plus long que le doigt du milieu; latéraux égaux; l'extérieur soudé à sa base. Ailes: la 1re. remige nulle, la 2e. presque aussi longue que les 3e., 4e. et 5e. qui sont les plumes longues. Esp. Certhia pacifica, — Obscura. — Vestiaria et probablement falcata, que je n'ai pas vue. ... (1) Toutes espèces de l'Océanique." (Temminck 1820); "Drepanis Temminck, 1820, Man. Ornith., ed. 2, 1, p. 86 [sic = lxxxvj]. Type, by subsequent designation, Certhia pacifica Gmelin (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 12)." (Greenway in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 95).
Var. Depranis.
Synon. Drepanita, Drepanorhamphus, Falcator, Heorataria, Heorotarius, Hoerataria, Vestiaria.
• (Apodidae; ?syn. Apus) L. drepanis swift < Gr. δρεπανις drepanis sickle-wing, a bird mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius, latterly identified as a swift or a falcon; "1. Sous-famille. HIRUNDIA. Les Hirundiens: 3 doigts antérieurs, 1 postérieur G. 1. Hirundo L. 2. Caprimulgus L. 3. Agotilax R. 4. Ibijus R. 5. Drepanis R." (Rafinesque 1815).
• (Meliphagidae; syn. Melithreptus † White-naped Honeyeater M. lunatus) "FAMIGLIA 17. ANTHOMYZI. (Trochilidæ) ... 126. Drepanis, Temm. (Melithreptus, V.) Am. m. 4." (Bonaparte 1831); "Drepanis "Temm." Bonaparte, 1831, Giornale Arcadico, XLIX, p. 48 (not of Temminck, 1820). Alternative name for Melithreptus Vieillot, 1816." (JAJ 2021).
funerea / funereus / funeria
L. funereus funereal, ill-omened < funus, funeris funeral (e.g. black or dark coloured, as if in mourning).
● "42. STRIX. ... funerea. 7. S. capite lævi, corpore fusco, iridibus flavis. Fn. svec. 51. Ulula flammeata. Frisch. av. t. 98? Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Aegolius).
● ex “Black Linnet” of Edwards 1764 (Vidua).
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)