Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Chinese (SIM) | 紫色花蜜鸟 |
Czech | strdimil fialový |
Danish | Purpursolfugl |
Dutch | Purperhoningzuiger |
English | Purple Sunbird |
English (United States) | Purple Sunbird |
French | Souimanga asiatique |
French (France) | Souimanga asiatique |
German | Purpurnektarvogel |
Gujarati | શક્કરખોરો |
Hebrew | צופית סגולה |
Hindi | बैंगनी शक्करखोरा |
Icelandic | Purpurasóli |
Japanese | ムラサキタイヨウチョウ |
Malayalam | കറുപ്പൻ തേൻകിളി |
Marathi | जांभळा शिंजीर |
Norwegian | purpursolfugl |
Odia | ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରୀକା ଫୁଲଛୁଈ |
Persian | شهدخوار |
Polish | nektarnik stalowy |
Punjabi (India) | ਸ਼ੱਕਰਖੋਰਾ |
Russian | Атласная нектарница |
Serbian | Ljubičasta sunčica |
Slovak | nektárovka ligotavá |
Spanish | Suimanga Asiático |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga asiático |
Swedish | purpursolfågel |
Telugu | ఊదా తేనె పిట్ట |
Thai | นกกินปลีดำม่วง |
Turkish | Mor Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Маріка пурпурова |
Cinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Certhia asiatica
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.288.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India; restricted to Gurgaon by Baker, 1926, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 3, p. 396.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CINNYRIS
- asiae / asiatica / asiaticus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Scientific name definitions
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 6, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 6, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus), 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.pursun4.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 6, 2013
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2013). Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus). 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.