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Melidectes torquatus  P. L. Sclater, 1874
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561063

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Ornate Honeyeater [English]
  
    Ornate Melidectes [English]
  
    Méliphage maquillé [French]
  
    Mielero maquillado [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyMeliphagidae  – Honeyeaters  
                               GenusMelidectes P. L. Sclater, 1874  
                                  SpeciesMelidectes torquatus P. L. Sclater, 1874 – Ornate Honeyeater, Ornate Melidectes, Méliphage maquillé, Mielero maquillado  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Melidectes torquatus cahni Mertens, 1923  
                                     Subspecies Melidectes torquatus emilii A. B. Meyer, 1886  
                                     Subspecies Melidectes torquatus polyphonus Mayr, 1931  
                                     Subspecies Melidectes torquatus torquatus P. L. Sclater, 1874  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.5 (2020), database (version 5)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus, Ornate Melidectes [English], Méliphage maquillé [French], Mielero maquillado [Spanish]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.05.28, website (version 28-May-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 2 Passerines   
  Page(s): lii + 752   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861122   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus, Ornate Honeyeater [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus, Ornate Honeyeater [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Paynter, Raymond A. Jr., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1967   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 12   
  Page(s): ix + 495   
  Publisher: Museum of Comparative Zoology   
  Publication Place: Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melidectes torquatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Change English name of Melidectes torquatus to Ornate Melidectes (Gregory 2009) (IOC List v12.1)  
 

 

    

 
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