Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (4)
Thomas Züchner, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 18, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 18, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | trnozobčík drobný |
| Dutch | Purperrugdoornsnavel |
| English | Purple-backed Thornbill |
| English (United States) | Purple-backed Thornbill |
| French | Colibri à petit bec |
| French (French Guiana) | Colibri à petit bec |
| German | Kurzschnabelkolibri |
| Japanese | トゲハシハチドリ |
| Norwegian | purpurryggkolibri |
| Polish | kolcodziobek fioletowy |
| Russian | Пурпурный короткоклюв |
| Serbian | Trnokljuni kolibri ljubičastih leđa |
| Slovak | vrchárik krátkozobý |
| Spanish | Colibrí Piquicorto Común |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Picoespina Dorsipúrpura |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pico-Espina de Dorso Púrpura |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí piquicorto común |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Colibrí Pico Espina |
| Swedish | purpurryggig nålnäbb |
| Turkish | Mor İğnegaga |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-короткодзьоб пурпуровий |
Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Ornismya microrhyncha
Boissonneau, 1840. Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 2, p.354.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bogota, Colombia.
Definitions
- RAMPHOMICRON
- microrhynchon / microrhynchos / microrhynchum
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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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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple-backed Thornbill