IRMNG - Megalaima Gray, 1846

IRMNG taxon details

Megalaima Gray, 1846

IRMNG_ID

1339992 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1339992)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Megalaimidae

Synonymised names

Megalaema Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Megalaimus Bonaparte, 1850 · unaccepted

Megalayma Antinori, 1864 · unaccepted

Megaloema Bonaparte, 1854 · unaccepted

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Species Megalaima armillaris (Temminck, 1821)
Species Megalaima asiatica (Latham, 1790)
Species Megalaima australis (Horsfield, 1821)
Species Megalaima chrysopogon (Temminck, 1824)
Species Megalaima corvina (Temminck, 1831)
Species Megalaima eximia (Sharpe, 1892)
Species Megalaima faiostricta (Temminck, 1831)
Species Megalaima flavifrons (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Megalaima franklinii (Blyth, 1842)
Species Megalaima haemacephala (Muller, 1776)
Species Megalaima henricii (Temminck, 1831)
Species Megalaima incognita Hume, 1874
Species Megalaima javensis (Horsfield, 1821)
Species Megalaima lagrandieri Verreaux, 1868
Species Megalaima lineata (Vieillot, 1816)
Species Megalaima monticola (Sharpe, 1889)
Species Megalaima mystacophanos (Temminck, 1824)
Species Megalaima oorti (Muller, 1835)
Species Megalaima pulcherrima Sharpe, 1888
Species Megalaima rafflesii (Lesson, 1839)
Species Megalaima rubricapilla (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)
Species Megalaima virens (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Megalaima viridis (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Megalaima zeylanica (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gen. Birds, 2
page(s): 429 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Megalaima Gray, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339992 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (11)

original description Gen. Birds, 2
page(s): 429 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Megalaema Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Megalaimus Bonaparte, 1850) Bonaparte, C.L. (1849-1850) Conspectus generum avium, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 543 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141467
page(s): 144 [details]

original description (of Megalayma Antinori, 1864) Cat. Ucc. Affr.
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Megaloema Bonaparte, 1854) Ateneo Ital., 2
page(s): 127 [details]