Purple-gaped Honeyeater / Lichenostomus cratitius
Purple-gaped Honeyeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilotis cratitius Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.94 p.160
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Lichenostomus
Taxonomy Code: pughon1
Type Locality: interior of South Australia and Kangaroo Island [= Upper Torrens] .
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LICHENOSTOMUS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Purple-gaped Honeyeater L. cratitia occidentalis) Gr. λειχην leikhēn, λειχηνος leikhēnos lichen, callous; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; "Gen. LICHENOSTOMUS nov. gen. *) Flechtenmund. 640. 1. L. occidentalis n. sp. **) ... *) Von λειχην, ηνος, ὁ Flechte und ςτομα, το Mund. Die Gruppe unterscheidet sich von Ptilotis durch eine flechtenartige Hautfortsetzung am Mundwinkel. **)Von dem südaustralischen L. cratitius (Ptilotis cratitius Gould) nur durch folgende Abweichungen verschieden: Im Ganzen kleiner; Schwanz nicht stark abgerundet, sondern fast gerade; der Hautlappen hinter dem Mundwinkel ist nur 5/12" lang und am ausgestopften Exemplare gelb, daher wohl nicht lila im Leben. Nur der Zügel und die Einfassung der Ohrgegend sind schwarz, letztere selbst aber, und besonders in der Mitte und über dem gelben Federbüschel glänzend grau. Der gelbe Bartstreifen ist nach innen durch einen dunkleren verloschenen Streifen begrenzt, welcher dunkeler als die übrige Unterseite ist; Kehle bis zur Brust verloschen gelb gestrichelt." (Cabanis 1853); "Lichenostomus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 119. Type, by monotypy, Lichenostomus occidentalis = Ptilotis cratitius Gould." (Salomonsen in Peters1967, XII, 365). This genus, formerly of over 20 species, was dismantled in 2011 and now consists only of the type and its congener, the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater L. melanops.
Synon. Lophoptilotis.
cratitia / cratitius
L. cratitius or craticius wattled, composed of lattice-work < cratis wicker-work.
● “from the gape, down each side of the throat for five eighths of an inch, a naked fleshy appendage, free at the lower end, of a beautiful lilac colour and very conspicuous in the living bird” (Gould 1841) (Lichenostomus).
SUBSPECIES
Purple-gaped Honeyeater (occidentalis)
SCI Name: Lichenostomus cratitius occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis western < occidens, occidentis west < occidere to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).
Purple-gaped Honeyeater (cratitius)
SCI Name: Lichenostomus cratitius cratitius
cratitia / cratitius
L. cratitius or craticius wattled, composed of lattice-work < cratis wicker-work.
● “from the gape, down each side of the throat for five eighths of an inch, a naked fleshy appendage, free at the lower end, of a beautiful lilac colour and very conspicuous in the living bird” (Gould 1841) (Lichenostomus).
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)