Plain Honeyeater / Pycnopygius ixoides
Plain Honeyeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis ? ixoides Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 12 p.338
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Pycnopygius
Taxonomy Code: plahon1
Type Locality: Sorong, Vogelkop Peninsula, northwestern New Guinea.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PYCNOPYGIUS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Streak-headed Honeyeater P. stictocephalus) Gr. πυκνος puknos thick, dense; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump; "51. Pycnopygius (1) stictocephalus (Salvad.), Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. IX, p. 34 (1876). Hab. in Papuasia — Nova Guinea ... (1) Pycnopygius, Salvad. nov. gen. — Habitus specierum generis Pycnonoti; rostro breviusculo, culmine incurvato, alis mediocribus, cauda mediocri, aequali; pedibus parvis; ptilosi laxa, copiosa." (Salvadori 1880); "Pycnopygius Salvadori, 1880, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 16, p. 78. Type, by monotypy, Pycnonotus (?) stictocephalus Salvadori." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 401).
pycnopygius
Gr. πυκνος puknos thick, dense; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
ixoides
Specific combination Ixos plumosus (Blyth, 1845); Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Sp. 22. Ptilotis? ixoides, nov. sp. ... Hab. In Nova Guinea prope Sorong (Bernstein). Un solo individuo di questa specie esiste nel Museo di Leida; esso ricorda moltissimo per la forma e per la colorazione l'Ixus plumosus; per le strie transversali del petto ricorda la Ptilotis carunculata (Gm.) di Upolu. La Ptilotis ixoides ed il Pycnonotus? stictocephalus, Salvad. si rassomigliano per avere le piume del groppone lunghe e copiose come nelle specie del genere Xanthotis." (Salvadori 1878) (Pycnopygius).
SUBSPECIES
Plain Honeyeater (ixoides)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides ixoides
ixoides
Specific combination Ixos plumosus (Blyth, 1845); Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Sp. 22. Ptilotis? ixoides, nov. sp. ... Hab. In Nova Guinea prope Sorong (Bernstein). Un solo individuo di questa specie esiste nel Museo di Leida; esso ricorda moltissimo per la forma e per la colorazione l'Ixus plumosus; per le strie transversali del petto ricorda la Ptilotis carunculata (Gm.) di Upolu. La Ptilotis ixoides ed il Pycnonotus? stictocephalus, Salvad. si rassomigliano per avere le piume del groppone lunghe e copiose come nelle specie del genere Xanthotis." (Salvadori 1878) (Pycnopygius).
Plain Honeyeater (simplex)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides simplex
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
Plain Honeyeater (proximus)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides proximus
proxima / proximus
L. proximus very near, nearest, most like < super. propior, propioris nearer < comp. prope near.
Plain Honeyeater (unicus)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides unicus
unicus
L. unicus alone, singular, unique < unus one.
Plain Honeyeater (cinereifrons)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides cinereifrons
cinereifrons
L. cinereus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
Plain Honeyeater (finschi)
SCI Name: Pycnopygius ixoides finschi
finschi
Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, ornithologist, collector (Amazona, syn. Apus horus, ‡Chenonetta, syn. Coereba bartholemica, subsp. Dicaeum agile, Euphonia, syn. Gallirallus australis, subsp. Haematopus ostralegus, syn. Laniarius aethiopicus major, syn. Malacocincla abbotti concreta, syn. Muscicapa striata, Oriolus, subsp. Paradisaea minor, syn. Ploceus velatus, Psittacara, subsp. Ptilinopus iozonus, subsp. Pycnopygius ixoides, Scleroptila, syn. Scotornis climacurus nigricans, Stizorhina, syn. Tauraco schuettii, subsp. Trichastoma celebense, syn. Tropicranus albocristatus) (see finschii).
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)