Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise / Seleucidis melanoleucus
Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
SCI Name:
Protonym: Paradisea melanoleuca TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.278
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Seleucidis
Taxonomy Code: twwbop1
Type Locality: Waigiou, in error for Salawati or the Vogelkop.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SELEUCIDIS
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise S. melanoleucus) L. seleucis, seleucidis migrant birds sent by the gods to destroy locusts, i.e. birds from paradise < Gr. σελευκις seleukis, σελευκιδος seleukidos locust-eating bird, perhaps the Rose-coloured Starling Pastor; the Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise is so-called from the numerous black ‘wires’ radiating from the male's flank plumes which, in display, are flicked across the face of the female (cf. Teleonema); "IIIe. GENRE. — FALCINELLE ou SÉLEUCIDE. (Seleucidis, Less.) ... Observations. M. Vieillot a appliqué le nom de falcinelle à tous les promerops. Nous avons donc dù, pour éviter de nouvelles fluctuations dans la nomenclature, changer cette dénomination et préférer celle de séleucide, que les anciens donnaient à un magnifique oiseau d'espèce inconnue. Le genre séleucide, tel que nous le concevons, ne comprend ainsi qu'une espéce, remarquable par l'éclat extraordinaires de ses parures. Cet oiseau, que quelques auteurs, et M. Cuvier entre autres, ont nommé paradisier à douze filets, a ses parures des flancs terminées au contraire chacune par un filet, de sorte que le nom de multifil qu'on lui a aussi appliqué lui convient parfaitement. ... 3e. ESPÈCE. — LA FALCINELLE MULTIFIL. (Seleucidis acanthilis, Lesson.)" (Lesson 1835); "Seleucidis Lesson, 1835, Hist. Nat. Ois. Parad., Synopsis, p. 28, pl. 35. Type, Seleucidis acanthilis Lesson, ibid. = Paradisea melanoleuca Daudin." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, 188). Cracraft 1992, considered this genus to consist of two phylogenetic species.
Var. Seleucides.
Synon. Nematophora.
melanoleuca / melanoleucos / melanoleucus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; λευκος leukos white.
● ex "Buff-crested Woodpecker" of Latham 1782 (Campephilus).
● ex “Águila obscura y blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 8 (Geranoaetus).
● “As Columba picata Latham 1801, was regularly used as valid in the 20th century, this precludes invoking the principle of reverse of precedence (ICZN 1999: 23.9.1.1, 23.9.1.2)” (McAllan 2007) (syn. Leucosarcia picata).
● ex “Esparvero negriblanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 28 (syn. Micrastur semitorquatus).
● ex “Plus petit Barbu à poitrine noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 2, “Plus petit Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Lesser Pied Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Notharchus tectus).
● ex “Coucou huppé de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 872, “Jacobin huppé de Coromandel” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Coromandel Crested Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Oxylophus jacobinus).
● ex “Chipiu negro y blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 144 (Poospiza).
● ex “Stone Snipe” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Tringa).
● ex “Cordon Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 150 (Sylvia artefact).
SUBSPECIES
Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise (melanoleucus)
SCI Name: Seleucidis melanoleucus melanoleucus
melanoleuca / melanoleucos / melanoleucus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; λευκος leukos white.
● ex "Buff-crested Woodpecker" of Latham 1782 (Campephilus).
● ex “Águila obscura y blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 8 (Geranoaetus).
● “As Columba picata Latham 1801, was regularly used as valid in the 20th century, this precludes invoking the principle of reverse of precedence (ICZN 1999: 23.9.1.1, 23.9.1.2)” (McAllan 2007) (syn. Leucosarcia picata).
● ex “Esparvero negriblanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 28 (syn. Micrastur semitorquatus).
● ex “Plus petit Barbu à poitrine noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 2, “Plus petit Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Lesser Pied Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Notharchus tectus).
● ex “Coucou huppé de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 872, “Jacobin huppé de Coromandel” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Coromandel Crested Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Oxylophus jacobinus).
● ex “Chipiu negro y blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 144 (Poospiza).
● ex “Stone Snipe” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Tringa).
● ex “Cordon Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 150 (Sylvia artefact).
Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise (auripennis)
SCI Name: Seleucidis melanoleucus auripennis
auripennis
L. aurum gold; -pennis -winged < penna wing.
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)