Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Scientific name definitions
- Names (15)
- Subspecies (2)
Robert Cheke, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Clive Mann, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 18, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 18, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | strdimil nádherný |
| Dutch | Feeënhoningzuiger |
| English (Kenya) | Beautiful Sunbird |
| English (United States) | Beautiful Sunbird |
| French | Souimanga à longue queue |
| German | Elfennektarvogel |
| Japanese | ウツクシオナガタイヨウチョウ |
| Norwegian | fagersolfugl |
| Polish | nektarnik piękny |
| Russian | Красивая нектарница |
| Slovak | nektárovka nádherná |
| Spanish | Suimanga Colilargo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga colilargo |
| Swedish | smyckesolfågel |
| Turkish | Uzun Kuyruklu Nektarkuşu |
Cinnyris pulchellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Certhia pulchella
Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat. ed.12, p.187.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
Definitions
- CINNYRIS
- pulchella / pulchellum / pulchellus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
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