Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Acanthagenys rufogularis
Protonym:  Acanthagenys rufogularis Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.69
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Acanthagenys
Taxonomy Code:  spchon1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACANTHAGENYS
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater A. rufogularis) Gr. ακανθα akantha  spine, thorn  < ακη akē  point; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  cheek; "[plate] Acanthygenys rufogularis   ...    [text] Genus ACANTHAGENYS, Gould    CHARACTERES GENERICI.  Rostrum caput æquans, compressum, leviter arcuatum, ad apicem acutum, naribus sub-basalibus, mandibulæ superioris tomiis ad apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis; plaga nuda a basi mandibulæ infra oculos excurrente; genis infra plagam spinis subrigidis tectis.  Alæ mediocres; remige primo brevissimo tertio, quarto, et quinto æqualibus ceterosque excellentibus.  Cauda mediocris subæqualis.  Pedes validi; digito postico forti, digitumque intermedium anricum excellente; externo ad intermedium basaliter conjuncto; unguibus incurvis.    Hoc genus ad illud Anthochæra dictum appropinquat, differt cauda æquali, plaga faciali nuda genisque spinosis.   ...  This genus approaches Anthochæra, but differs in having the tail equal, a naked facial stripe, and the cheeks spinose.    ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS, Gould." (Gould 1838); "Acanthogenys [sic] Gould, 1838 (April), Synops. Birds Australia, pt. 4, pl. 69; also, 1838 (Dec.), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 5 (1837), p. 146. Type, by monotypy, Acanthogenys rufogularis Gould." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 444).
Var. Acanthygenys, Acanthogenys, Acanthogonys, Acanthegonys.

rufogulare / rufogularis
L. rufus red; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.