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