Hawaii Mamo

SCI Name:  Drepanis pacifica
Protonym:  Certhia pacifica Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.470
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Drepanis
Taxonomy Code:  hawmam1
Type Locality:  in insulis amicis ; error for Hawaii.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1788
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).    

pacifica
L. pacificus  peaceful  < pax, pacis  peace; facere  to make. The Pacific Ocean was so-named by the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães or Magellan in 1520, contrasting its calm waters with the stormy seas of Cape Horn  The toponym refers to islands in the Pacific Ocean as well as localities on Pacific Ocean coasts.
● New Caledonia; ex “Pacific Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Aplonis striata).
● New South Wales, Australia; ex “Pacific Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ardea).
● Pacific Ocean; ex “Pacific Petrel” of Latham 1785; "Inhabits Euopoa, and other islands of the Pacific Ocean." (Ardenna).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Is. (= Hawaii); ex “Great Hook-billed Creeper” of Latham 1782 (‡Drepanis).
● Tonga Is.; ex “Ferruginous-vented Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Ducula).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Isles, Pacific Ocean (= Jamaica) (syn. Geotrygon versicolor).
● Botany Bay, New Holland; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Tahiti; ex “Pacific Rail” of Latham 1785 (Hypotaenidia).
● Pacific Islands; ex “Pacific Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage maculosa).