Spangled Honeyeater Melipotes ater Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (17)
- Monotypic
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 10, 2016
Text last updated January 10, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | menjamel pigallat |
| Dutch | Huonhoningeter |
| English | Spangled Honeyeater |
| English (United States) | Spangled Honeyeater |
| French | Méliphage pailleté |
| French (France) | Méliphage pailleté |
| German | Huonhonigfresser |
| Japanese | ヒガシキホオミツスイ |
| Norwegian | rødmehonningeter |
| Polish | dziwoliczek wielki |
| Russian | Очковый нектаролюб |
| Slovak | medárik perlavý |
| Spanish | Mielero Moteado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero moteado |
| Swedish | paljetthonungsfågel |
| Turkish | Yıldızlı Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Медвянчик великий |
Melipotes ater Rothschild & Hartert, 1911
PROTONYM:
Melipotes ater
Rothschild & Hartert, 1911. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 29, p.13.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rawlinson Mountains, Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELIPOTES
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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 Spangled Honeyeater
