Montane Double-collared Sunbird

Montane Double-collared Sunbird / Cinnyris ludovicensis

Montane Double-collared Sunbird

Here the details of the Montane Double-collared Sunbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cinnyris ludovicensis
Protonym:  Nectarinea ludovicensis J.Sci.Math.Phys.Nat.Lisboa(1), 2 no.5 p.41
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae /
Taxonomy Code:  mdcsun3
Type Locality:  Biballa, Mossamedes, Angola (see Bocage, 1881, Orn. D''Angola, p. 169).
Author:  
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CINNYRIS
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Splendid Sunbird C. coccinigastrus) Gr. κιννυρις kinnuris  small bird mentioned by Hesychius, not further identified (cf. Gr. myth. Cinyras king of Cyprus, renowned for his wealth and opulence, who committed incest with his daughter Myrrha, who fled to Arabia and gave birth to Adonis; erroneous "Cinnyris (Gr) = shining" (Hockey et al. 2005)); "Les SOUÏ-MANGAS. (CINNYRIS. Cuv.) (2).   N'ont pas non plus la queue usée; leur bec long et très-grêle a le bord de ses deux mandibules finement dentelé en scie; leur langue, susceptible de s'allonger hors du bec, se termine en fourche; ce sont de petits oiseaux dont les mâles brillent au temps des amours de couleurs métalliques et approchant de l'éclat des colibris, qu'ils représentent à cet égard dans l'ancien monde, se trouvant principalement en Afrique.  Ils vivent sur les fleurs dont ils pompent le suc  ...   Le plus grand nombre a la queue égale. (1)   ...   (2) Cinnyris, nom grec d'un très-petit oiseau inconnu. Souï-manga signifie, dit-on, mange sucre dans un jargon de Madagascar.   ...   (1) Certh. splendida, Sh. Vieill. 82. — C. afra, Edw. 347. — C. superba, Vieill. 22. — C. lotenia, enl. 575, 2 et 3, Vieill. 34. — Ametystina, Vieill. 5, 6. — Chalybæa, enl. 246, 3, Vieill. 10, 13, 18, 24, 34, 80. — Omnicolor Seb. I, 69, 5. — Cuprea, Vieill. 23. — Purpurata, Edw. 265, Vieill. 11. — Cyanocephala, Vieill. 7. — Zeilonica, enl. 576, 4, Vieill. 29, 30. — Dubia, Vieill. 81. — Senegalensis, Vieill. 8. — Sperata, enl. 246, 1, 2, Vieill. 16,32. — Madagascariensis, Vieill. 18. — Lepida, Sparrm. 35." (Cuvier 1817); "Cinnyris Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal, 1, p. 411. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia splendida Shaw, 1811 = Certhia coccinigaster Latham, 1801." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 223).
Var. Cyniris, Cynnira, Cynniris, CinanyrisCinayris, Cynnyris.
Synon. Aethocinnyris, Angaladiana, Arachnechthra, Cheimocinnyris, Chromatophora, Chrysocinnyris, Cyrtostomus, Eremicinnyris, Eucinnyris, Haplocinnyris, Helionympha, Maricornis, Melanocinnyris, Mellisuga, Microcinnyris, Notiocinnyris, Panaeola, Shelleyia.

ludovicensis
Late L. Ludovicius  Louis; Duque de Bragança District (= Malanje), Angola (named after Luís I Filipe de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança, Duque de Bragança and King of Portugal (1838-1889; reigned 1861-1889) (cf. D. Luiz (fl. 1863) Portuguese zoologist, Curator of Museu por El-Rei) (Cinnyris).

SUBSPECIES

Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Western)
SCI Name: Cinnyris ludovicensis ludovicensis
ludovicensis
Late L. Ludovicius  Louis; Duque de Bragança District (= Malanje), Angola (named after Luís I Filipe de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança, Duque de Bragança and King of Portugal (1838-1889; reigned 1861-1889) (cf. D. Luiz (fl. 1863) Portuguese zoologist, Curator of Museu por El-Rei) (Cinnyris).

Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Eastern)
SCI Name: Cinnyris ludovicensis whytei
whytei / whytii
Alexander Whyte (1834-1905) British government naturalist in Nyasaland 1891-1897 (subsp. Cinnyris ludovicensis, subsp. Crithagra striolata, Scleroptila, Stactolaema, Sylvietta).