Vanuatu Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Gliciphila notabilis
Protonym:  Glyciphila notabilis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 10 p.29
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Gliciphila
Taxonomy Code:  nehhon1
Type Locality:  Vanua Lava, Banks Islands.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1899
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.
 

notabilis
L. notabilis  remarkable  < notare  to mark  < nota  mark.

SUBSPECIES

Vanuatu Honeyeater (notabilis)
SCI Name: Gliciphila notabilis notabilis
notabilis
L. notabilis  remarkable  < notare  to mark  < nota  mark.

Vanuatu Honeyeater (superciliaris)
SCI Name: Gliciphila notabilis superciliaris
superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).