Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker / Prionochilus thoracicus
Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pardalotus thoracicus Pl.Col. livr.101 pl.600 fig.1,2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Prionochilus
Taxonomy Code: scbflo2
Type Locality: Borneo.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PRIONOCHILUS
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker P. percussus) Gr. πριων priōn, πριονος prionos saw; χειλος kheilos lip; “Fam. PIPRIDÆ? Subfam. PARDALOTINÆ? Genus PRIONOCHILUS*, n.g. <Pardalotus, Temm. Diff. Char.—Margins of the beak minutely serrated. Rostrum longiusculum, subcompressum, mandibulus subæqualibus; culmine subcarinato, juxta basin recto, deinde usque ad apicem gradatim decurvato; commissura modice decurvata; gonyde sursum curvata. Maxilla haud emarginata, sed tomia mandibulae utriusque per medietatem externam minutissime serrata. Nares oblongæ, membrana supra tectæ. Alæ mediocres, remige 1a spuria, 3a, 4a, et 5a subæqualibus. Cauda brevis rectricibus æqualibus. Pedes subbreves, gressorii, acrotarsiis subscutellatis, paratarsiis integris. Digitus externus interiore longior, ad medium per longitudinis dimidium coadunatus. Habitant in Malasia. Species: 1. P. percussus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 394. f. 2. 2. P. thoracicus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 600. f. 1, 2. 3. P. maculatus (Temm.), Pl. Col. 600. f. 3. Obs. The nearest affinity of this group is Calyptomena, Raff., to which it approaches in the structure of the beak and feet much more nearly than to Pardalotus. The serrations of the tomia appear not to have been hitherto noticed. *Πριων, a saw; χειλος, a lip.” (Strickland 1841); "Prionochilus Strickland, 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 9, p. 29. Type, by subsequent designation, Pardalotus percussus Temminck and Laugier (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 46). Not preoccupied by Prionocheilus Chevrolat, 1837, Coleoptera." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 171-172).
Var. Prionichilus.
Synon. Acmonorhynchus, Anaimos, Charitociris.
● (syn. Mergus Ϯ Brazilian Merganser M. octosetaceus) "Prionochilus brasiliensis, Bertoni (gen. nov.) ... Los bordes están armados, en toda la lonjitud, menos la uña, por una hilera de dientes fuertes, espesos, agudos, oblícuos hacia atrás, muy visibles exteriormente" (Bertoni 1901); "Prionochilus Bertoni, An. Cient. Paraguayos (1), no. 1, 1901, p. 8. Type, by monotypy, Prionochilus braziliensis [sic] Bertoni = Mergus octosetaceus Vieillot." (Peters 1931, I, 186).
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus pectoral, of the chest < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos suffering in the chest < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).
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)