Gray-throated Sunbird
Gray-throated Sunbird
Here the details of the Gray-throated Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anthothreptus griseigularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Part IV, Meeting of December 4, 1877 p. 830-831
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code: pltsun3
Type Locality: Surigao, northeastern Mindanao.
Author: Tweeddale
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum grey; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-throated Sunbird (birgitae)
SCI Name: Anthreptes griseigularis birgitae
birgitae
Ruth Birgit Nielsen (1923-2010) wife of Danish ornithologist Finn Salomonsen (subsp. Anthreptes griseigularis).
Gray-throated Sunbird (griseigularis)
SCI Name: Anthreptes griseigularis griseigularis
griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum grey; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)