Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird / Anthreptes neglectus

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird

Here the details of the Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Anthreptes neglectus
Protonym:  Anthreptes longuemarei neglectus Orn.Monatsb. 30 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae /
Taxonomy Code:  uvbsun1
Type Locality:  Uluguru Mts., Tanganyika Territory.
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Publish Year:  1922
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ANTHREPTES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Brown-throated Sunbird A. malacensis) Gr. ανθος anthos  flower, blossom; θρεπτης threptēs  feeder  < τρεφω trephō  to rear; "Genus, ANTHREPTES.  Bill slender, attenuated, minutely crenated; the base of the under mandible strong, and not having the margin hid by that of the upper mandible.  Wings rounded.  Tail even. Inner toe shorter than the external toe.  Type. — Cynniris Javanica. ZOOL. ILLUSTR., iii. pl. 121" (Swainson 1832); "Anthreptes Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 2 (1831), p. 495. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cinnyris javanica Swainson = Certhia malacensis Scopoli." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 209).  
Var. Anthothreptes, Anthreptus, Anthotreptes, Anthorheptes, Authreptes.   
Synon. Arachnophila, Euchloridia, Gunningia, Lamprothreptes, Mangusia, Paradeleornis, Rhizophorornis, Tephrolaema.

neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus  ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded  < neglegere  to neglect.