Kadavu Honeyeater / Meliphacator provocator
WBN 
Kadavu Honeyeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis provocator Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.28
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Meliphacator
Taxonomy Code: kanhon1
Type Locality: Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands.
Author: Layard, EL
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELIPHACATOR
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Kadavu Honeyeater M. provocator) Portmanteau of genus Meliphaga Lewin, 1808, honeyeater, and specific name Ptilotis provocator Layard, 1875; "Meliphacator Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. p. 93. 1925 [name not published here]. Type (by original designation): Ptilotis provocator Layard." (Mathews 1930).
Var. Meliphactor.
provocator
L. provocator, provocatoris challenger < provocare to provoke.
● The Kadavu Honeyeater was discovered during the scientific mission of HMS Challenger around the world 1873-1876 (Meliphacator).
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)
