Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de pit violaci |
| Czech | kolibřík fialovoprsý |
| Dutch | Paarsborstkolibrie |
| English | Violet-chested Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Violet-chested Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri à poitrine violette |
| French (France) | Colibri à poitrine violette |
| German | Veilchenbrustkolibri |
| Japanese | スミレムネハチドリ |
| Norwegian | skjoldkolibri |
| Polish | fiołkowik |
| Russian | Лиловогрудый колибри |
| Serbian | Ljubičastogrudi kolibri |
| Slovak | medovec blyskáč |
| Spanish | Colibrí Pechiazul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí pechiazul |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Colibrí Pechiazul |
| Swedish | violbröstad kolibri |
| Turkish | Menekşe Gerdanlı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі аметистововолий |
Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus (Lampornis) cyanopectus
Gould, 1846. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 14, no.164, p. 88.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Venezuela; type from Neiguata Plantation, near Camburi Grande, La Guaira.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNOCLYTA
- cyanopectus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Violet-chested Hummingbird Sternoclyta cyanopectus Scientific name definitions
Iris Heynen and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Violet-chested Hummingbird Sternoclyta cyanopectus
Authors
Iris Heynen and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Heynen, I. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Violet-chested Hummingbird (Sternoclyta cyanopectus), 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.vichum2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 26, 2013
- Violet-chested Hummingbird Sternoclyta cyanopectus
Authors
Iris Heynen and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Heynen, I. and G. M. Kirwan (2013). Violet-chested Hummingbird (Sternoclyta cyanopectus). 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.
