Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Scientific name definitions
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (4)
Robert Cheke, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Clive Mann, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 6, 2019
Text last updated January 6, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Австралийски цветояд |
| Catalan | picaflors australià |
| Croatian | australska imelašica |
| Dutch | Mistelhoningvogel |
| English | Mistletoebird |
| English (AVI) | Mistletoebird |
| English (United States) | Mistletoebird |
| Estonian | austraalia võõrikulind |
| Finnish | mistelikukastaja |
| French | Dicée hirondelle |
| French (Canada) | Dicée hirondelle |
| German | Rotsteiß-Mistelfresser |
| Icelandic | Mistilplokkari |
| Indonesian | Cabai benalu |
| Japanese | ヤドリギハナドリ |
| Norwegian | mistelteinfugl |
| Polish | kwiatówka różowa |
| Russian | Ласточковый цветоед |
| Serbian | Cvetarka imelašica |
| Slovak | bobuliar imelový |
| Spanish | Picaflores Golondrina |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picaflores golondrina |
| Swedish | mistelblomsterpickare |
| Turkish | Kırlangıç Öksekuşu |
| Ukrainian | Квіткоїд австралійський |
Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Shaw, 1792)
PROTONYM:
Motacilla hirundinacea
Shaw, 1792. Nat.Misc. 4, pl.114.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Holland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICAEUM
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
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Introduction
Taxonomic note: Lump. This account is a combination of multiple species accounts originally published in HBW Alive. That content has been combined and labeled here at the subspecies level. Moving forward we will create a more unified account for this parent taxon. Please consider contributing your expertise to update this account.
Subspecies
EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)
Mistletoebird (Pink-breasted) Dicaeum hirundinaceum keiense/fulgidum
Available illustrations of subspecies in this group
Distribution
Watubela Is, Tayandu Group and Kai Is, in E Indonesia.
Dicaeum hirundinaceum keiense Salvadori, 1874
PROTONYM:
Dicaeum keiense
Salvadori, 1874. Annali d.Museo Civico di Storia Naturale d.Genova 6, p.313.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kei Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICAEUM
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
- keiense / keiensis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Dicaeum hirundinaceum fulgidum "Sclater, PL", 1883
PROTONYM:
Dicaeum fulgidum
"Sclater, PL", 1883. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, Part 1, p.56.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Larat, Tenimber Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICAEUM
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
- fulgidum / fulgidus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Mistletoebird (Aru) Dicaeum hirundinaceum ignicolle Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Aru Is.
Dicaeum hirundinaceum ignicolle "Gray, GR", 1858
PROTONYM:
Dicaeum ignicolle
"Gray, GR", 1858. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 26, Meeting of March 23, 1858, p.173.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aru Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICAEUM
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
- ignicolle / ignicollis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Mistletoebird (Mistletoebird) Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Australia (including islands in Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef), except Tasmania.
Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum (Shaw, 1792)
PROTONYM:
Motacilla hirundinacea
Shaw, 1792. Nat.Misc. 4, pl.114.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Holland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICAEUM
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Mistletoebird
Map last updated 24 September 2024.
