Yellow Honeyeater

SCI Name:  Stomiopera flava
Protonym:  Ptilotis flava Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.136
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Stomiopera
Taxonomy Code:  yelhon1
Type Locality:  'Port Essington, North coast of Australia'' [= Cape York, northern Queensland, cf . de Schauensee, 1957, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 109, p. 228] .
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

STOMIOPERA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ White-gaped Honeyeater S. unicolor) Gr. στομιον stomion  bridle-bit, mouth  < dim. στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; πηρα pēra  wallet, pouch; "XLVIII.  Stomiopera RCHB. s. Nat. Syst. d. Vög. Sppl. — Weicht durch den bedeutend längeren und stärkeren Schnabel, ein häutiges Mundtäschchen für jeden Mundwinkel und Mangel farbiger Ohrbüschel von Ptilotis ab, mit welcher die Gattung übrigens übereinstimmt, aber an deren Ende offenbar die Gattung Philedon repräsentirt. — Ich bildete den Namen aus το στομιον, Mund, und ἡ πηρα, Tasche.   *250. St. unicolor (Ptilotis — GOULD) RCHB. — t. CCCCLXXI. 3355—56.   ...   *251. St. ocularis (Glyciphila GOULD) RCHB. — t. CCCCLXXIX. 3399—3400." (Reichenbach 1852); "Stomiopera Reichenbach, 1852, Handb. spec. Orn., abth. 2, Meropinae, continuatio no. IX, p. 109. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgen. Birds, p. 24), Ptilotis unicolor Gould." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 365).
Var. Stomiopara, Stomioptera.
Synon. Broadbentia.

flava
L. flavus  golden-yellow, gold-coloured, yellow.
● ex “Echenilleur Jaune” (= ♀) of Levaillant 1805, pl. 164 (Campephaga).
● "99. MOTACILLA.  ...  flava.  13. M. pectore abdomineque flavo, rectricibus duabus lateralibus dimidiato oblique albis. Fn. svec. 215.  Motacilla flava. Gesn. av. 618. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 24. Will. orn. 172. t. 68. Raj. av. 75. n. 2. Alb. av. 2. p. 54. t. 58. Frisch. av. . t. 23. f. 3.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Motacilla).
● ex “Habia amarilla” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 87 (Piranga).
● ex “Bruant du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 321, fig. 1, and “Chúy” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 133 (syn. Sicalis flaveola pelzelni).
● ex “Guira-perea” of Marcgrave 1648, “Guiraperea” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Tangara jaune du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Yellow Tanager” of Latham 1783 (Tangara).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow Honeyeater (flava)
SCI Name: Stomiopera flava flava
flava
L. flavus  golden-yellow, gold-coloured, yellow.
● ex “Echenilleur Jaune” (= ♀) of Levaillant 1805, pl. 164 (Campephaga).
● "99. MOTACILLA.  ...  flava.  13. M. pectore abdomineque flavo, rectricibus duabus lateralibus dimidiato oblique albis. Fn. svec. 215.  Motacilla flava. Gesn. av. 618. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 24. Will. orn. 172. t. 68. Raj. av. 75. n. 2. Alb. av. 2. p. 54. t. 58. Frisch. av. . t. 23. f. 3.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Motacilla).
● ex “Habia amarilla” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 87 (Piranga).
● ex “Bruant du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 321, fig. 1, and “Chúy” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 133 (syn. Sicalis flaveola pelzelni).
● ex “Guira-perea” of Marcgrave 1648, “Guiraperea” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Tangara jaune du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Yellow Tanager” of Latham 1783 (Tangara).

Yellow Honeyeater (addenda)
SCI Name: Stomiopera flava addenda
addenda / addendum / addendus
L. addendum  that which is to be added, addendum  < addere  to add, to annexe (e.g. larger, more pale).
● "901A.  ACANTHIZA CHRYSORRHOA ADDENDA, subsp. n.  Port Augusta Yellow-rumped Tit.  Differs from A. c. perksi (from Mt. Lofty) in being paler above and whiter on the chest."  (Mathews 1912) (syn. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa).
● "A recently collected series of topotypical Apalis melanocephala lightoni Roberts, 1938  ...  shows that the sample from the Massinga district of Save do Sul referred by Clancey and Lawson, Ostrich, vol. xxxiii, 3, 1967, p. 195, to lightoni actually represents an undescribed race.   Apalis melanocephala addenda, subsp. nov.  ...  Similar to A. m. lightoni of Moçambique to the north of the Save R., but with the throat clearer and brighter buff  ...  medio-ventral plane whiter, less marbled or overlaid with pale olivaceous-grey and flanks lighter.  On upper-parts slightly more sooty, less slate, black.  Similar in size." (Clancey 1968) (subsp. Apalis melanocephala).
● "27. Cacomantis addendus sp. nov.  Two evidently fully adult birds, both marked as males, from Kulambangra, 20.2. and 5.3.1901, are apparently most nearly allied to the form from New Britain, which Shelley (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XIX., p. 273) identifies with insperatus of Gould, while Finsch (Not. Leyden Mus. XXII., p. 85) unites it with what he calls dumetorum, and Salvadori (Orn. Pap. I. p. 337) used to term it assimilis.  ...  The much stronger bill distinguishes this cuckoo from merulinus and threnodes.  How far the different forms of Cacomantis can be considered to be species or subspecies is a question which requires a long study." (Rothschild & Hartert 1901) (subsp. Cacomantis variolosus).
● "Gelochelidon nilotica addenda, subsp. n.; China (breeding).  This form approaches nearest to the North American in its short bill, but it is stouter in this form, and the stoutness in conjunction with its shortness, gives it an unmistakeable appearance." (Mathews 1912) (syn. Gelochelidon nilotica).
● "385A.  NINOX CONNIVENS ADDENDA, subsp. n.  South-western Winking Owl.  Differs from N. c. connivens in its larger size." (Mathews 1912) (syn. Ninox connivens).
● "633.  PETROICA CHRYSOPTERA ADDENDA, subsp. n.  Flame-breasted Robin.  Differs from P. c. phœnicea (from South Australia) in its larger size and lighter upper surface." (Mathews 1912) (syn. Petroica phoenicea).
● "1256  Ptilotis flava addenda subsp. n.  Inkerman Yellow Honey Eater.  ...  Differs from P. f. flava in its larger size, and greener tint above and below."(Mathews 1912) (subsp. Stomiopera flava).
● "LITTLE GREENSHANK.  ...  Eastern specimens in summer-plumage are certainly lighter on the upper surface, the black markings being less noticeable, while the spotting on the breast and flanks is not so bold" (Mathews 1913); "ILIORNIS STAGNATILIS ADDENDA, subp.[sic] n.  Fully described and figured in my Birds of Australia, Vol. III., p. 200, pl. 149." (Mathews 1915) (syn. Tringa stagnatilis).