Streaked Berrypecker

SCI Name:  Melanocharis striativentris
Protonym:  Melanocharis striativentris Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 34 p.150
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Melanocharitidae / Melanocharis
Taxonomy Code:  strber1
Type Locality:  Moroka, Owen Stanley Mountains, southeastern New Guinea.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1894
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELANOCHARIS
(Melanocharitidae; Ϯ Black Berrypecker M. nigra) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; χαρις kharis, χαριτος kharitos  beauty  < χαιρω khairō  to rejoice; "Melanocharis nigra, Less., sp.  Dicæum nigrum, Less. Voy. Coq. i. p. 673; Cent. Zool. pl. 27; Müll. Verh. Ethn. p. 162.  Havre Dorey (Less.); Lobo (Müll.)  Mus. Lugd.   Müller and Schlegel say this bird is not a Dicæum, but a Muscicapine, allied to Boie's genus Hylocharis (since changed to Hyloterpe). It does not seem to me to be referable to either of these genera, but, as far as external appearances go, to be more nearly akin to Dicæum than Hyloterpe.  I have therefore used for it the new generic term Melanocharis (μελας, niger, et χαρις, gratia)." (P. Sclater 1858); "Melanocharis Sclater, 1858, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 2, p. 157. Type, by monotypy, Dicaeum niger Lesson." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 167).
Var. Merlanocharis.
Synon. Neneba, Pristorhamphus, Sarganura, Urocharis.

striativentris
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow; venter, ventris  belly.

SUBSPECIES

Streaked Berrypecker (axillaris)
SCI Name: Melanocharis striativentris axillaris
axillaris
L. axillaris  of the armpit  < axilla  armpit.
● ex “Axillary Falcon” of Latham 1801 (Elanus).

Streaked Berrypecker (striativentris)
SCI Name: Melanocharis striativentris striativentris
striativentris
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow; venter, ventris  belly.

Streaked Berrypecker (chrysocome)
SCI Name: Melanocharis striativentris chrysocome
chrysocome
Gr. χρυσοκομος khrusokomos  golden-haired  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; κομη komē  hair.

Streaked Berrypecker (prasina)
SCI Name: Melanocharis striativentris prasina
prasina
L. prasinus  leek-green  < Gr. πρασινος prasinos  leek-green  < πρασον prason  leek.
● ex “Verdier de Java” of Brisson 1760 (Erythrura).