Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (3)
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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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
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)