Red-chested Sunbird

Here the details of the Red-chested Sunbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cinnyris erythrocercus
Protonym:  Nectarinia erythrocerca Syst.Orn.Westafr. p.270
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris
Taxonomy Code:  recsun2
Type Locality:  no locality ; White Nile, south of lat. 8° N., designated by Sclater, ibid., following Heuglin, ibid.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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, Cinanyris, Cinayris, Cynnyris.
Synon. Aethocinnyris, Angaladiana, Arachnechthra, Cheimocinnyris, Chromatophora, Chrysocinnyris, Cyrtostomus, Eremicinnyris, Eucinnyris, Haplocinnyris, Helionympha, Maricornis, Melanocinnyris, Mellisuga, Microcinnyris, Notiocinnyris, Panaeola, Shelleyia.

ERYTHROCERCUS
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Chestnut-capped Flycatcher E. mccallii). Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Erythrocercus, nob.   298. Mc'Callii, (Cass.)  Minor; pileo et cauda nitide rufis, illo albo striolato; dorso, uropygio et tectricibus alae dilute cinereis, uropygio rufescente tincto; supracaudalibus rufis; gutture et pectore pallide fulvis; abdomine et subcaudalibus albis; subalaribus pallide fulvis; rostro et pedibus pallidis; maxilla subcurvata; vibrissis rictalibus longis, rigidiusculis; alis mediocribus, remigibus 4 et 5 subaequalibus, longioribus; cauda longiuscula; pedibus subelongatis; pilei plumis subelongatis, tergi et uropygii longis, sericeis.   ...   Syn. Pycnosphrys Mc'Callii, Cass. Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1855, p. 326.   Ich weiss die Annahme einer ächten Pycnosphrys-art in Africa mit meinen Ansichten von geographischer Zoologie nicht in Einklang zu bringen und ziehe es vor die von mir nicht gesehene aber jedenfalls sehr eigenthümliche westafricanische Form generisch zu isoliren." (Hartlaub 1857); "Erythrocercus Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Ornith. Westafrica's, p. 97. Type, by monotypy, Pycnosphrys mcCallii Cassin." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 465).   
Synon. Chloropetella.

erythrocercus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; κερκος kerkos tail.
● Gadow 1884, W. Sclater 1930, and Cheke & Mann 2001, considered erythrocerca to be an original misprint for erythroceria. Despite von Heuglin’s 1864, correction, “in meinem Syst. Verz. d. V. N.-O.-Africa’s [1857] fälschlich erythrocerca geschreiben”, Rand in Peters’ 1967, wrote, “However, Heuglin’s nomen nudum for this taxon ...which predates Hartlaub’s name, is spelled “erythrocerca”; there seems no reason to believe Hartlaub did not also intend the spelling to be “erythrocerca”. Neither sex of the Red-chested Sunbird has a red tail, but common sense did not prevail and the species still holds this epithet! (Cinnyris).