Plain Flowerpecker

SCI Name:  Dicaeum minullum
Protonym:  Dicaeum minullum Ibis (2) 6 (22) p. 240
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code:  plaflo2
Type Locality:  Yu-linkan, Hainan.
Author:  Swinhoe
Publish Year:  1870
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

DICAEUM
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker D. cruentatum) Gr. δικαιον dikaion  supposedly an Indian bird mentioned by Aelianus, but the name probably refers to the scarab beetle Scarabaeus; "LES DICÉES. (DICÆUM. Cuv.) (3).  Ne grimpent pas non plus, et n'ont pas la queue usée; leur bec aigu, arqué, pas plus long que la tête, est déprimé et élargi à sa base. Ils viennent des Indes-Orientales, sont fort petits, et portent généralement de l'écarlate dans leur plumage.   ...   (3) DICÆUM, nom d'un très-petit oiseau des Indes selon Ælien. A ce sous-genre appartiennent certh. erythronotos, Vieill. II, 35. Le C. cruentata, Edw. 81, en est probablement une variété d'âge.  —  C. rubra, Vieill. pl. 54.  —  C. erythropygia, Lath. 2^e Supp.  —  C. tæniata, Sonn. II^e Voy. pl. 107, fig. 3.  —  C. cantillans, id. ib. 2." (Cuvier 1817); "Dicaeum Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal., 1, p. 410. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 13), Certhia erythronotum Gmelin = Certhia erythronotos Latham = Certhia cruentata Linnaeus." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 174).
Var. Diceaum, Diceum, Dicoeum, Decaeum.
Synon. Austrodicaeum, Bournsia, Chilociris, Chromatociris, Cryptociris, Microchelidon, Myzanthe, Pachyglossa, Phenacistes, Polisornis, Psarisoma.

minula / minulla / minullum / minullus / minulus
Mod. L. minulus  very small  < Med. L. minulus  small letter  < L. minusculus  rather small  < dim. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small.
● ex “Minulle” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 34 (Accipiter).

SUBSPECIES

Plain Flowerpecker (olivaceum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum minullum olivaceum
olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus  olive-green, olivaceous  < L. oliva  olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).

Plain Flowerpecker (minullum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum minullum minullum
minula / minulla / minullum / minullus / minulus
Mod. L. minulus  very small  < Med. L. minulus  small letter  < L. minusculus  rather small  < dim. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small.
● ex “Minulle” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 34 (Accipiter).

Plain Flowerpecker (uchidai)
SCI Name: Dicaeum minullum uchidai
uchidae / uchidai
Dr Seinosuke Uchida (1884-1975) Japanese ornithologist, Secretary of the Ornithological Society of Japan, entomologist (syn. Dendrocopos leucotos namiyei, subsp. Dicaeum minullum, syn. Hirundapus caudacutus, syn. Parus major amamiensis, subsp. Pyrrhula nipalensis).

Plain Flowerpecker (borneanum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum minullum borneanum
bornea / borneana / borneanum / borneanus / borneense / borneensis / bornensis / borneoensis / borneonense / borneonensis / borneus
Borneo  < Malay Brunei  the Barunai or Brunei Sultanate, wealthy, powerful and more extensive in the 15th century  < Sanskrit Váruna  water, rain.
● Erroneous TL. Borneo (= Amboina); "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  borneus.  6. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus rectricibusque apice viridibus, alis macula cærulea.  Psittacus coccineus, cauda longiore. Edw. av. 173. t. 173.  Habitat in India: Borneo." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eos). This name, albeit erroneous, is the fourth toponym in avian nomenclature.

Plain Flowerpecker (sollicitans)
SCI Name: Dicaeum minullum sollicitans
sollicitans
L. sollicitans, sollicitantis  anxious, mournful, agitated  < sollicitus  agitated  < sollus  entire, whole; ciere  to move.