Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 4, 2017
Text last updated July 4, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | menjamel modest |
| Dutch | Bruin-witte Honingeter |
| English | Brown-backed Honeyeater |
| English (United States) | Brown-backed Honeyeater |
| French | Méliphage modeste |
| French (France) | Méliphage modeste |
| German | Sumpfhonigfresser |
| Indonesian | Isap-madu punggung-cokelat |
| Japanese | ウロコミツスイ |
| Norwegian | brunrygghonningeter |
| Polish | miodalek brązowy |
| Russian | Болотный нектаролюб |
| Serbian | Medojed smeđih leđa |
| Slovak | medárik hnedochrbtý |
| Spanish | Mielero Modesto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero modesto |
| Swedish | brunryggig honungsfågel |
| Turkish | Kahverengi Sırtlı Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Медолик бурий |
Ramsayornis modestus (Gray, 1858)
PROTONYM:
Glyciphila modesta
Gray, 1858. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 26, no.357, p. 174.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aru Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RAMSAYORNIS
- modesta / modestum / modestus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Brown-backed Honeyeater
