Purple-breasted Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Here the details of the Purple-breasted Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cinnyris purpureiventris Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.61
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Nectarinia
Taxonomy Code: pubsun3
Type Locality: Migere, western Mpororo [= southwestern Uganda, cf. Chapin, 1954, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75B, p. 273].
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NECTARINIA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Malachite Sunbird N. famosa) L. nectar, nectaris nectar < Gr. νεκταρ nektar, νεκταρος nektaros nectar; “GENUS 20. NECTARINIA (Nectar florum haurientes) (Honigvogel Germ. Sucrier, Guitguit Gall.) Rostrum vel elongatum vel mediocre, gracile, modice incurvum, teretiusculum, trigonum, apice acutissimum, tomiis intractis, versus apicem saepius subtilissime incisulo-fimbriatis, maxillaribus mandibularia amplectentibus. Gonys mandibulae duas certe partes aequans, gnathidiis ea brevioribus, angulo mentali rotundato. Nares in maxillae basi sitae, membrana fornicali superne semiclausae, rima longitudinali versus tomium apertae. Lingua jaculatoria, tubulosa, apice fibrosa. Alae mediocres, remigum primorum primae breviores. Caudae rectrices haud rigidae, apice rotundatae. Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui, nudi. Unguis posticus ungue medio paullo major. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Certhia famosa, violacea, caerulea (et Cayana) Lin.” (Illiger 1811); "Nectarinia Illiger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium, p. 210. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 12), Certhia famosa Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1967, XII, 222).
Var. Nectarina, Nectarinea, Noctarinia.
Synon. Rhyndace, Sclaterornis, Sovimanga.
purpureiventris
L. purpureus purple-coloured < purpura purple < Gr. πορφυρα porphura purple; venter, ventris belly.
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)