Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Swartsuikerbekkie |
Catalan | suimanga ametista |
Dutch | Amethisthoningzuiger |
English | Amethyst Sunbird |
English (United States) | Amethyst Sunbird |
French | Souimanga améthyste |
French (France) | Souimanga améthyste |
German | Amethystglanzköpfchen |
Japanese | アメシストタイヨウチョウ |
Norwegian | ametystsolfugl |
Polish | nektarnik ametystowy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Beija-flor-ametista |
Russian | Аметистовая нектарница |
Serbian | Ametistna sunčica |
Slovak | nektárovka ametystová |
Spanish | Suimanga Amatista |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga amatista |
Swedish | ametistsolfågel |
Turkish | Ametist Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Нектарець аметистовий |
Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Certhia amethystina
Shaw, 1812. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt1, p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHALCOMITRA
- amethystina / amethystinus
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Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina Scientific name definitions
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2008
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2008
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.amesun2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2008
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2008). Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.