Zenker’s Honeyguide / Melignomon zenkeri
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Zenker's Honeyguide
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Protonym: Melignomon zenkeri Orn.Monatsb. 6 p.22
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Indicatoridae / Melignomon
Taxonomy Code: zenhon1
Type Locality: Jaunde, Cameroons.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1898
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELIGNOMON
(Indicatoridae; Ϯ Zenker's Honeyguide M. zenkeri) Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; γνωμων gnōmōn, γνωμονος gnōmonos guide, inspector < γιγνωσκω gignōskō to determine; "Melignomon n. g. Indicatoridarum. 12 Schwanzfedern wie bei Indicator, aber Schnabel dünn und spitz wie bei Prodotiscus. — Typus: Melignonom zenkeri Rchw." (Reichenow 1898).
zenkeri / zenkerianus
Georg August Zenker (1855-1922) German botanist, explorer, collector, settler in the Cameroons 1889-1922 (subsp. Accipiter erythropus, subsp. Agapornis swindernianus, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Lanius mackinnoni, syn. Macrosphenus concolor, Melignomon, syn. Neocossyphus poensis, syn. Phyllastrephus albigularis, subsp. Sarothrura pulchra, subsp. Smithornis sharpei, syn. Stizorhina finschi, subsp. Tauraco persa).
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)
