Orange-breasted Sunbird

Orange-breasted Sunbird / Anthobaphes violacea

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Here the details of the Orange-breasted Sunbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Anthobaphes violacea
Protonym:  Certhia violacea Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.188
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae /
Taxonomy Code:  orbsun2
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ANTHOBAPHES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Orange-breasted Sunbird A. violacea) Gr. ανθοβαφης anthobaphēs  bright-coloured  < ανθος anthos  flower; βαφη baphē  dyeing  < βαπτω baptō  to dye; "Gen. ANTHOBAPHES nov. gen. ****) Blumenhonigsauger.   565. 1. A. violacea Nob. — Certhia violacea Lin. Syst. No. 22. — Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. tab. 292. — Certhia crocata Shaw. Nat. Misc. tab. 210. — Nectarinia violacea Jard. Sun Birds tab. 16.   ...   ****) ανθοβαφης, von blühender bunter Farbe. — Mit längerm, weniger stark gekrümmtem Schnabel und weniger lebhaft gefärbtem Gefieder, als in der vorhergehenden Gattung [Aethopyga].  Läufe und Zehen stärker entwickelt.  Africa." (Cabanis 1853); "Anthobaphes Cabanis, 1853, Museum Heineanum, I, p. 103. Type, by monotypy, Certhia violacea Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2019).
Var. Anthrobaphes.

violacea
L. violaceus  violet-coloured, violaceous  < viola  violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  violacea.  12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba.  Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).