Copper-throated Sunbird
Copper-throated Sunbird
Here the details of the Copper-throated Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nectarinia calcostetha Nat.Libr. 36(Sun-birds) p.263
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Leptocoma
Taxonomy Code: cotsun2
Type Locality: 'E. Ind. Islands?''; restricted to Java, by Oberholser, 1923, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 13, p. 229.
Author: Jardine
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LEPTOCOMA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Sunbird L. brasiliana) Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, fine; κομη komē hair; "Gen. LEPTOCOMA nov. gen. *) Sammethonigsauger. 568. 1. L. zeylonica Nob. - Certhia zeylonica Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 23. — Certhia quadricolor Scop. Sonn. Voy. tab. 30? — Certhia dubia Shaw? — Nectarinia zeylonica Jard. Sun Birds tab. 20. — Nectarinia philippensis Meyen. — Cinnyris sola Jerd. — Cinnyris nigralbus Less. ... 569. 2. L. sperata Nob. — Certhia sperata Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 13. — Certhia affinis Shaw. Gen. Zool. VIII. p. 208. — Nectarinia coccinigaster Temm. Pl. col. 388. fig. 3. — Nectarinia affinis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 21. ... *) Von λεπτος, zart und κομη, ἡ Haupthaar. Kleine zierliche Formigen mit sammetartigem Gefieder, mittelmässigem, nicht stark gekrümmtem Schnabel, kurzen Läufen und kurzem fast geradem Schwanze. Typus L. Hasselti. — Nectarinia Hasseltii Temm." (Cabanis 1853); "LEPTOCOMA Cabanis, 1851[=1853] F — Nectarinia hasseltii Temminck, 1825; type by original designation = Certhia brasiliana J. F. Gmelin, 1788" (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 271).
Var. Leptcocoma.
Synon. Chalcostetha, Hermotimia, Nectarophila.
calcostetha
Gr. χαλκος khalkos bronze; στηθος stēthos breast.
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)