Bannerman’s Sunbird
Bannerman's Sunbird
Here the details of the Bannerman's Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cyanomitra verticalis bannermani Bull.Br.Orn.Club 63 p.63
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cyanomitra
Taxonomy Code: bansun3
Type Locality: Kayoyo, southern Belgian Congo.
Author: Grant & Mackworth-Praed
Publish Year: 1943
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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).
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)