Cameroon Sunbird
Cameroon Sunbird
Here the details of the Cameroon Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cinnyris oritis J.Orn. 40 p.190,225
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cyanomitra
Taxonomy Code: camsun2
Type Locality: Buea, 950 m., Mt. Cameroon.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1892
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.
oritis
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs mountain-roaming, mountaineer < ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (cf. ορειτης oreitēs kind of hawk).
Orites
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs mountain-roaming, mountaineer < ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain.
● (syn. Aegithalos Ϯ Long-tailed Tit A. caudatus) "37. ORITES.* Parus caudatus Auctorum." (Moehring 1752); "STAARTMEES, in 't Latyn Orites. De Langstaart-Mees de Schryveren" (Moehring 1758).
Var. Oritis, Orestes, Dorites.
● (syn. Montifringilla Ϯ White-winged Snowfinch M. nivalis) "e. Schneefink: Orites: 125. FR. NIVALIS Briss. Orn. III. p. 162. n. 39. - L. S. XII. p. 321. n. 21. - Passer alpicola Pall. Zoogr. II. p. 20. n. 190. - Schneefink" (von Keyserling & Blasius 1840).
SUBSPECIES
Cameroon Sunbird (Green-headed)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis bansoensis
bansoensis
Banso Mts., Cameroon.
Cameroon Sunbird (Bioko)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis poensis
poense / poensis
Fernando Póo or Fernando Pó, Gulf of Guinea / Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (island sighted by Portuguese navigator Fernaõ do Póo in 1470).
Cameroon Sunbird (Blue-headed)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis oritis
oritis
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs mountain-roaming, mountaineer < ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (cf. ορειτης oreitēs kind of hawk).
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)