New Holland Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Protonym:  Certhia novaeHollandiae IndexOrn. 1 p.296
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Phylidonyris
Taxonomy Code:  nehhon2
Type Locality:  Nova Hollandia [= Sydney, New South Wales] . Based on ''New Holland Creeper'' White, 1790, Journ. Voy. New South Wales.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHYLIDONYRIS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Crescent Honeyeater P. pyrrhopterus) French “Phylédon” or “Philédon”  honeyeater (substantive equivalent of Philedon Cuvier 1817, friarbird); genus Cinnyris Cuvier 1817, sunbird; "III.^e Sous-genre. PHYLIDONYRE; Phylidonyris.  Melliphaga et Myzomela, Angl.  Bec plus comprimé, plus élevé, plus renflé vers son extrémité que celui des souï-mangas; tarses médiocres, terminés par trois doigts grêles et minces. Queue alongée, égale; langue terminée par un pinceau de fibres ténues.  Observ. Les espèces de ce sous-genre habitent les îles océaniennes ou Australie. Leur plumage n'a point de teintes metallisées. Les oiseaux de ce sous-genre ce confondent avec les phylédons par un passage insensible.    33. SOUÏ-MANGA AUSTRALIEN; Certhia australasiana, Shaw.  ...  Habite la Nouvelle-Hollande.   ...   34. SOUÏ-MANGA ROUGE ET GRIS; Certhia sanguinea et cardinalis, Gm.  ...  Habite la terre de Diémen.   ...   35. SOUÏ-MANGA ROUGE ET NOIR; Cinnyris rubrater, Less.  ...  Habite les îles Mariannes.   ...   36. SOUÏ-MANGA DÉCORÉ; Cinnyris eques, Less.  ...  Habite l'île de Waigiou." (Lesson 1831); "Phylidonyris Lesson, 1831, Traité Orn., p. 298. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 24), Certhia australasiana Shaw = Certhia pyrrhoptera Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 425).
Var. Philedonyris.
Synon. Meliornis, Meliphaga, Melisympotes, Purnellornis.

novaehollandae / novaehollandia / novaehollandiae
L. novus  new; Mod. L. Hollandia  Holland, Netherlands; i.e. New Holland (Mod. L. Nova Hollandia or Hollandia Nova), the name given to Western Australia by early Dutch explorers, and by which Australia was known to Europeans during the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. In ornithology the name is usually synonymous with eastern Australia, especially the modern state of New South Wales.
● ex “New-Holland White Eagle”of Latham 1781 (Accipiter).
● ex “Crested Goatsucker” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Aegotheles cristatus).
● Erroneous TL. New Holland (= Van Diemens Land = Tasmania) (syn. Anthochaera paradoxa).
● ex “White-fronted Heron” of Phillip 1789 (Ardea).
● ex “New Holland Thrush” of atham 1783 (Coracina).
● ex “New-Holland Cassowary” of Phillip 1789, and White 1790 (Dromaius).
● ex “New Holland Penguin” of Latham 1824 (Eudyptula).
● ex "Crimson-billed Gull" of Latham, 1824 (Larus).
● ex “Crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Nymphicus hollandicus).
● ex “New Holland Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Onychoprion anaethetus).
● ex “New Holland Shag” of Latham 1824 (subsp. Phalacrocorax carbo).
● ex “New Holland Creeper” of White 1790 (Phylidonyris).
● Erroneous TL. New Holland (= New Zealand) (syn. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae).
● ex “Psittaceous Hornbill” of Phillip 1789 (Scythrops).
● ex “New-Holland Grebe” of Latham 1824 (Tachybaptus).
● ex “Blue-bellied Parrot” of Brown 1776 (syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus).
● ex “Mouse Owl” of Latham 1821 (Tyto).
● ex "Wattled Sandpiper" of Latham 1801 (subsp. Vanellus miles).

SUBSPECIES

New Holland Honeyeater (novaehollandiae)
SCI Name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
novaehollandae / novaehollandia / novaehollandiae
L. novus  new; Mod. L. Hollandia  Holland, Netherlands; i.e. New Holland (Mod. L. Nova Hollandia or Hollandia Nova), the name given to Western Australia by early Dutch explorers, and by which Australia was known to Europeans during the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. In ornithology the name is usually synonymous with eastern Australia, especially the modern state of New South Wales.
● ex “New-Holland White Eagle”of Latham 1781 (Accipiter).
● ex “Crested Goatsucker” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Aegotheles cristatus).
● Erroneous TL. New Holland (= Van Diemens Land = Tasmania) (syn. Anthochaera paradoxa).
● ex “White-fronted Heron” of Phillip 1789 (Ardea).
● ex “New Holland Thrush” of atham 1783 (Coracina).
● ex “New-Holland Cassowary” of Phillip 1789, and White 1790 (Dromaius).
● ex “New Holland Penguin” of Latham 1824 (Eudyptula).
● ex "Crimson-billed Gull" of Latham, 1824 (Larus).
● ex “Crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Nymphicus hollandicus).
● ex “New Holland Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Onychoprion anaethetus).
● ex “New Holland Shag” of Latham 1824 (subsp. Phalacrocorax carbo).
● ex “New Holland Creeper” of White 1790 (Phylidonyris).
● Erroneous TL. New Holland (= New Zealand) (syn. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae).
● ex “Psittaceous Hornbill” of Phillip 1789 (Scythrops).
● ex “New-Holland Grebe” of Latham 1824 (Tachybaptus).
● ex “Blue-bellied Parrot” of Brown 1776 (syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus).
● ex “Mouse Owl” of Latham 1821 (Tyto).
● ex "Wattled Sandpiper" of Latham 1801 (subsp. Vanellus miles).

New Holland Honeyeater (caudatus)
SCI Name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae caudatus
caudata / caudatus
L. caudatus  tailed, having a (long/short) tail  < cauda  tail.
● ex “Parus caudatus” of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Long-tail’d Titmouse” of Ray 1713, and “Parus vertice albo, cauda corpore longiore” of Linnaeus 1746 (Aegithalos).
● ex “Merle vert à longue queue de Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Lamprotornis).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 248, fig. 1 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).
● ex “Courly à col blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 976, and “Grand Courlis de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Theristicus).

New Holland Honeyeater (canescens)
SCI Name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae canescens
canescens
L. canescens, canescentis  greyish  < canescere  to become hoary or white  < canere  to be grey  < canus grey.
● ex “Van Diemen’s Warbler” of Latham 1787 (subsp. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae).
● ex “Cinereous Godwit” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Tringa nebularia).

New Holland Honeyeater (campbelli)
SCI Name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae campbelli
campbelli
● Charles William Campbell (1861-1927) British diplomat, traveller in China and Mongolia (Arborophila).
● Archibald James Campbell (1853-1929) Australian ornithologist, collector (syn. Atrichornis clamosus, syn. Myiagra alecto wardelli, syn. Pardalotus striatus substriatus, subsp. Petroica boodang, syn. Phoebetria fusca, subsp. Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (ex Meliornis novaehollandiae halmaturina Campbell, 1906), syn. Zapornia tabuensis).
● Robert Watt Campbell (fl. 2017) Scottish ornithologist, ringer (subsp. Chenorhamphus grayi).
● Dr Archibald Campbell (1805-1874) Scottish physician in the Bengal Medical Service, botanist, explorer (syn. Muscicapella hodgsoni).
● Col. W. A. Campbell (1880-1962) South African Army, business magnate, big-game hunter (subsp. Peliperdix coqui).
● Campbell I., Southern Ocean (Phalacrocorax).
● “I would dedicate it to Mr. Campbell, the keeper of the lighthouse [Lighthouse I., Chefoo, China], to whom I am indebted for many good birds during this spring season of migration” (Swinhoe 1873) (syn. Turdus hortulorum).

New Holland Honeyeater (longirostris)
SCI Name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris
longirostris
L. longus  long; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).