Poliocephalus

Poliocephalus and its counterparts poliocephala and poliocephalum are Greek words meaning 'grey-headed'. Poliocephalus is the name for a genus of grebes, while Poliocephala is the name for a genus of flies. The two words are often used as the second word of a binomial name.

Species names poliocephalus or poliocephala could refer to any of the following:

Mammals

• the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus
• a tayra subspecies, Eira barbara poliocephala
• the white-headed langur, Trachypithecus poliocephalus

Birds

• the ashy-headed goose Chloephaga poliocephala
• the brown-chested alethe Pseudalethe poliocephala
• the gray-crowned palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
• the gray-crowned yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
• the grey-crowned flatbill Tolmomyias poliocephalus
• the grey-headed babbler Stachyris poliocephala
• the grey-headed greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
• the grey-headed swamphen Porphyrio (porphyrio) poliocephalus
• the hoary-headed grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
• the island thrush Turdus poliocephalus
• the lesser cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
• a little tinamou subspecies Crypturellus soui poliocephalus
• the mountain nightjar, Caprimulgus poliocephalus
• the New Guinea goshawk Accipiter poliocephalus
• the pink-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula poliocephala
• the west Mexican chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
• the yellow-lored tody-flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum

Insects

• the moth Acrocercops poliocephala
• the fly Trentepohlia poliocephala

See also

• bucephalus
• gymnocephalus
• melanocephalus
• pyrocephalus
• xanthocephalus