Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | suimanga de pit violaci |
Dutch | Violetborsthoningzuiger |
English | Violet-breasted Sunbird |
English (United States) | Violet-breasted Sunbird |
French | Souimanga à poitrine violette |
French (France) | Souimanga à poitrine violette |
German | Veilchenbrust-Nektarvogel |
Japanese | スミレイロニシキタイヨウチョウ |
Norwegian | kystsolfugl |
Polish | nektarnik spiżowy |
Russian | Фиолетовогрудая нектарница |
Slovak | nektárovka kenská |
Spanish | Suimanga Pechivioleta |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga pechivioleta |
Swedish | violettbröstad solfågel |
Turkish | Menekşe Gerdanlı Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Маріка фіолетововола |
Cinnyris chalcomelas Reichenow, 1905
PROTONYM:
Cinnyris chalcomelas
Reichenow, 1905. Die Vögel Afrikas 3 pt2, p.482.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kismaju, southern Somaliland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CINNYRIS
- chalcomelas
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Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas Scientific name definitions
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 18, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 18, 2018
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas), 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.vibsun2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 18, 2018
- Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas
Authors
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Recommended Citation
Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2018). Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas). 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.