Javan Sunbird
Javan Sunbird
Here the details of the Javan Sunbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nectarinia mystacalis Pl.Col. livr.21 pl.126
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Aethopyga
Taxonomy Code: scasun1
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1822
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AETHOPYGA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Crimson Sunbird A. siparaja) Gr. αιθος aithos fire, burning heat; πυγη pugē rump; "Gen. AETHOPYGA nov. gen. **) Feuerhonigsauger. 562. 1. A. siparaja Nob. — ***) Certhia siparaja Raffl. Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 299. Nectarinia mystacalis Temm. Pl. col. 126. fig. 3. ... 563. 2. A. eximia Nob.— Nectarinia eximia Horsf. (nec Temm.) Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 181. Nectarinia Kuhlii Temm. Pl. col. 376. fig. 1. 2. ... 564. 3. A. nipalensis Nob. — Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgs. Jnd. Rev. 1837. p. 273. — Nectarinia nipalensis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 27. ... **) Von αιθος, feuerfarbig und πυγη, Steiss Mit mittelmässigem, etwas hakig gekrümmtem Schnabel und verlängerten mittlern Schwanzfedern; Gefieder brennend gefärbt. ***) Der auf Borneo und Malacca vorkommende, mit siparaja identificirte Vogel ist verschieden: A. eupogon n. sp. ... Als Arten gehören ferner hierher: 1. A. miles. — Cinnyris miles Hodgs. — 2. A. goalpariensis. — Nect. goalpariensis Jard. — 3. A. ignicauda. — Cinnyris ignicauda Hodgs. — 4. A. saturata. — Cinnyris saturata Hodgs; N. Hodgsonii Jard. — 5. A. Gouldae. — Nectarinia Gouldae Vig. — 6. A. Horsfieldi. — Nectarinia Horsfieldii Blyth. — 7. A. Temminckii. — Nectarinia Temminckii Müll." (Cabanis 1853); "Aethopyga Cabanis, 1851 [=1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 103. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia siparaja Raffles." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 270).
Var. Aithopyga.
Synon. Duyvena, Eudrepanis, Philippinia, Urodrepanis.
aethopyga / aethopygus
Gr. αιθος aithos fire, burning heat; -πυγος -pugos -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos moustache < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos jaws, mouth < μασαομαι masaomai to chew.
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)