Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Gliciphila melanops
Protonym:  Certhia melanops Suppl.ind.orn. p.xxxvi
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Gliciphila
Taxonomy Code:  tachon1
Type Locality:  Nova Wallia Australi [= New South Wales] .
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1801
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GLICIPHILA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Tawny-crowned Honeyeater G. melanops) Gr. γλυκυς glukus  sweet, sweet tasting; φιλος philos  lover; "GLICIPHILA, Sw.  Habit of Meliphaga.  Bill either shorter, or slightly longer, than the head; the notch in the upper mandible far removed from the tip.  Tongue rather short, terminated by numerous filaments.  The third and three following quills longest, and nearly equal.  Lateral toes equal.  Tail even.    G. fulvifrons. Lewin, N. H. Birds, pl. 22." (Swainson 1837); "Gliciphila Swainson, 1837, Class. Birds, 2, p. 326. Type, by monotypy, Certhia fulvifrons Lewin = Certhia melanops Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 426).
Var. Glyciphila, Glycephala, Glyciphilus, Glycyphila.
Synon. Glycifohia.
 

melanops
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face.
● ex “Rollier à Masque Noir” or “Kaialora de la Nouvelle Hollande” of Levaillant 1802, and “Black-faced Crow” of Latham 1802 (subsp. Coracina novaehollandiae).
● ex “Streaked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Leucopternis).
● ex “Ypacahá cara negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 373 (Porphyriops).
● ex “Lindo pardo copete amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 101 (Trichothraupis).

SUBSPECIES

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (melanops)
SCI Name: Gliciphila melanops melanops
melanops
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face.
● ex “Rollier à Masque Noir” or “Kaialora de la Nouvelle Hollande” of Levaillant 1802, and “Black-faced Crow” of Latham 1802 (subsp. Coracina novaehollandiae).
● ex “Streaked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Leucopternis).
● ex “Ypacahá cara negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 373 (Porphyriops).
● ex “Lindo pardo copete amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 101 (Trichothraupis).

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (chelidonia)
SCI Name: Gliciphila melanops chelidonia
chelidonia
Gr. χελιδονιος khelidonios  like the swallow  < χελιδων khelidōn, χελιδονος khelidonos  swallow.