Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (17)
- Subspecies (5)
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 21, 2013
Text last updated January 21, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | menjamel capbrú |
| Dutch | Bruinkophoningeter |
| English | Brown-headed Honeyeater |
| English (United States) | Brown-headed Honeyeater |
| French | Méliphage à tête brune |
| French (France) | Méliphage à tête brune |
| German | Braunkopf-Honigfresser |
| Japanese | チャガシラハチマキミツスイ |
| Norwegian | brunhodehonningeter |
| Polish | miodopoik brązowogłowy |
| Russian | Буроголовая медвянка |
| Slovak | medárik hnedohlavý |
| Spanish | Mielero Cabecipardo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero cabecipardo |
| Swedish | brunhuvad honungsfågel |
| Turkish | Kahverengi Başlı Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Медопійник буроголовий |
Melithreptus brevirostris (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Meliphaga brevirostris
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 15(1826), p.315.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELITHREPTUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
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-headed Honeyeater
