Pied Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Certhionyx variegatus
Protonym:  Certhionyx variegatus TraitedOrn. livr.4 p.306
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Certhionyx
Taxonomy Code:  piehon1
Type Locality:  Timor [error for Western Australia, cf . Stresemann, 1951, Emu, 50, p. 68] .
Author:  Lesson
Publish Year:  1830
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CERTHIONYX
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Pied Honeyeater C. variegatus) Genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper; Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; "LXIV.^e  Genre. CERTHIONYX; Certhionyx: Certhia, Cuv.  Bec de la longueur de la tête, déprimé à la base, comprimé à la pointe, à bords lisses, à pointe égale, à arête vive et légèrement recourbée, convexe. Fosses nasales grandes, couvertes d'une membrane; narines percées obliquement en avant; ailes médiocres, à première et deuxième rémiges les plus longues. Queue alongée, un peu fourchue; tarses médiocres, terminés par des doigts faibles.  CERTHIONYX NOIR ET BLANC; Certhionyx variegatus.  Grimpereau noir et blanc, Certhia leucomelas; Cuv., Gal. de Paris.  ...  Habite Timor. (Lesueur.)" (Lesson 1830); "Certhionyx Lesson, 1830, Traité Orn., 1831, p. 306.  Type, by monotypy, Certhionyx variegatus Lesson." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 364).
Synon. Lichnotentha, Melicophila.

variegatum / variegatus
L. variegatus  variegated  < variare  to variegate  < varius  various, diverse.
● ex “Actenoïde variée” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1846 (syn. Actenoides hombroni).
● ex “Variegated Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aphriza virgata).
● ex “Grive 2da” of Fermin 1769, and “Variegated Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Campylorhynchus turdinus).
● ex “Tinamou varié de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 828, “Tinamou varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and Bajon 1777, and “Variegated Tinamou” of Latham 1783 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de l’île de Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus mindanensis).
● ex “Grand Indicateur, femelle” of Levaillant 1806 (Indicator).
● ex “Garza varia” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 361 (syn. Ixobrychus involucris).
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (syn. Melaniparus cinerascens).
● ex “Guêpier à collier gros-bleu” or “Guêpier Sonnini” of Levaillant 1807 (Merops).
● ex “Courly tacheté de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (subsp. Numenius phaeopus).
● ex “Râle tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 775, and “Variegated Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pardirallus maculatus).
● ex “Averano” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Procnias averano).
● “It has been pointed out to me by Mr. T. Iredale that the name Tetrao variegatus Burchell ...[1824] is preoccupied by Tetrao variegatus Gmelin ...[1789], bestowed on the Variegated Tinamou of Latham, and now known as Crypturus variegatus. As there appears to be no synonym for this distinct species of Sandgrouse, I propose to rename it after the discoverer” (W. Sclater 1922) (syn. Pterocles burchelli).