Bannerman’s Sunbird

Bannerman\'s Sunbird / Cyanomitra bannermani

Bannerman's Sunbird

Here the details of the Bannerman's Sunbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cyanomitra bannermani
Protonym:  Cyanomitra verticalis bannermani Bull.Br.Orn.Club 63 p.63
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae /
Taxonomy Code:  bansun3
Type Locality:  Kayoyo, southern Belgian Congo.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1943
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CYANOMITRA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Green-headed Sunbird C. verticalis cyanocephala) Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue, greenish-blue; μιτρα mitra  head-band, diadem; "CLXII. Cyanomitra RCHB. Nat. Syst. t. suppl. — Mittelform zwischen Cinnyris und Anthodiaeta; sie hat von jener die langen Flügel, von dieser das Kleid. Die Brustbüschel sind deutlich. — West-Afrika.   678. C. cyanocephala (Certhia — SHAW VIII. 203.) BONAP. 406. 4.  RCHB. t. DLXXIII. 3905—6.   ...   *679. C. pusilla SWAINS. West.-Afr. 138. RCHB. t. DCXV. = DLXIII.b. 4104.   ...   *680. C. affinis RÜPPEL Abyss. 87. t. 31. f. 1.  RCHB. t. DLXXIII. 3907." (Reichenbach 1853); "Cyanomitra Reichenbach, 1854 [= 1853], Handb. spec. Orn., Icon. Synops. Avium, Scansoriae, p. 291. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 137), Certhia cyanocephala Shaw." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 223).
Synon. Adelinus, Elaeocerthia, Haagneria, Leucochloridia.

bannermani
Dr David Armitage Bannerman (1886-1979) Scottish ornithologist, collector (subsp. Anthus similis, subsp. Apus affinis, syn. Buccanodon duchaillui, subsp. Buteo buteo, subsp. Cecropis abyssinica, syn. Criniger ndussumensis, syn. Cursorius cursor, Cyanomitra, syn. Cyornis rubeculoides klossi, syn. Plocepasser superciliosus, Ploceus, Puffinus, syn. Scopus umbretta, subsp. Terpsiphone batesi, Tauraco).