Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (17)
- Monotypic
Peter J. Higgins, Les Christidis, and Hugh Ford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2017
Text last updated May 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | menjamel becgròs |
| Dutch | Tasmaanse Honingeter |
| English | Strong-billed Honeyeater |
| English (United States) | Strong-billed Honeyeater |
| French | Méliphage à bec fort |
| French (France) | Méliphage à bec fort |
| German | Starkschnabel-Honigfresser |
| Japanese | オリーブハチマキミツスイ |
| Norwegian | tasmanhonningeter |
| Polish | miodopoik wielkodzioby |
| Russian | Толстоклювая медвянка |
| Slovak | medárik kôrový |
| Spanish | Mielero Picudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielero picudo |
| Swedish | barkhonungsfågel |
| Turkish | Tasmanya Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Медопійник тасманійський |
Melithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837)
PROTONYM:
Haematops validirostris
Gould, 1837. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands pt1, pl.17 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Van Diemen's Land [= Tasmania] .
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELITHREPTUS
- validirostris
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 Strong-billed Honeyeater
