Long-billed Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Melilestes megarhynchus
Protonym:  Ptilotis megarhynchus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt26 no.357 p.174
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Melilestes
Taxonomy Code:  lobhon2
Type Locality:  Aru Islands.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1858
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELILESTES
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Long-billed Honeyeater M. megarhynchus) Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos  honey; λῃστης lēistēs  robber  < λῃστευω lēisteuō  to rob; "Gen. nov. Melilestes, SALVAD.  (μελι mel, ληστης latro).  Habitus arachnotherinus; rostrum elongatum, robustum, capite duplo longius, maxilla apicem versus margine serrato, culmine basin versus lato, postice rotundato, naribus elongatis, linearibus; cauda mediocris, vel breviuscula, fere aequalis, rectricibus duabus extimis tantum paulo brevioribus; alae breviusculae, fere rotundatae; tarsi mediocres.   Typus: Ptilotis megarhyncha (G. R. Gr.)" (Salvadori 1875).
Synon. Melidipnus.

megarhyncha / megarhynchos / megarhynchus
Gr. μεγα mega  much  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great, long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill.

MEGARYNCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Flycatcher M. pitangua) Gr. μεγα mega  much  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "Pitangua et sulphuratus valde similes sunt, ille vero major est pileo aureo, hic minor.  Genus hocce Novum ab illustrissimo Ornithologo Equite TEMMINCK dudum dictum fuit Platyrhynchos; cum vero idem nomen ante multos abhinc annos Insecti cuidam Generi inter Coleoptera rostrata dicatum fuerit; necessitas requirit, ut aliud illi tribuatur nomen genericum: nimirum MEGARYNCHUS a Celeberrimo Præside appellatus.  Idem ille celebris Vir, Eques Temminck, etiam Lanium caijanum separavit a Lanii genere, et novum exinde constituit Genus, cui nomen dedit Psaris, licet hæc species videatur cum Megaryncho posse conjungi.   Corvus flavus LINNÆI ad Megarynchum referendus" (Thunberg 1824) (OD per Laurent Raty); "Megarynchus Thunberg, 1824, Dissert. de genere Megaryncho praes. Schaerstrom, p. 2. Type, by subsequent designation (Heine, 1859, Journ. f. Ornith., 7, p. 340), Lanius pitangua Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 209).
Var. Megarhynchus.
Synon. Megastoma, Scaphorynchus.

SUBSPECIES

Long-billed Honeyeater (vagans)
SCI Name: Melilestes megarhynchus vagans
vagans
L. vagans, vagantis  wandering  < vagare  to wander.
● "Cuc. vagans, zijnde eene nieuwe soort van Java, in kleur en teekening geheel op de voorgaande [Cuculus fugax Horsfield] gelijkende, maar een vierde kleiner" (S. Müller 1845) (Hierococcyx).

Long-billed Honeyeater (brunneus)
SCI Name: Melilestes megarhynchus brunneus
brunneus
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown.
● ex “Mauvis de la Caroline” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 556, fig. 2 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).

Long-billed Honeyeater (megarhynchus)
SCI Name: Melilestes megarhynchus megarhynchus
megarhyncha / megarhynchos / megarhynchus
Gr. μεγα mega  much  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great, long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill.

Long-billed Honeyeater (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Melilestes megarhynchus stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).