Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Prachthoningzuiger |
English | Superb Sunbird |
English (United States) | Superb Sunbird |
French | Souimanga superbe |
French (France) | Souimanga superbe |
German | Prachtnektarvogel |
Icelandic | Glæsisólfugl |
Japanese | ワキアカタイヨウチョウ |
Norwegian | edelsolfugl |
Polish | nektarnik rudobrzuchy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Beija-flor-soberbo |
Russian | Великолепная нектарница |
Slovak | nektárovka skvostná |
Spanish | Suimanga Soberbio |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga soberbio |
Swedish | praktsolfågel |
Turkish | Süslü Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Маріка-білозір |
Cinnyris superbus (Shaw, 1809)
PROTONYM:
Certhia superba
Shaw, 1809. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt1, p.193.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Malimba [Portuguese Congo] .
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CINNYRIS
- superba / superbus
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Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus 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
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus), 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.supsun2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 2008
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2008). Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus). 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.