Gorgeous sunbird
| Gorgeous sunbird | |
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| In Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris |
| Species: | C. melanogastrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyris melanogastrus (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)
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The gorgeous sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus) is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is found in southern Kenya and Tanzania. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the beautiful sunbird.
Taxonomy
[edit]The gorgeous sunbird was formally described in 1884 by the German explorer Gustav Fischer and ornithologist Anton Reichenow based on a specimen collected near the Nguruman Escarpment in southern Kenya. They coined the binomial name Nectarinia melanogastra.[2][3] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek μελας/melas meaning "black" and γαστηρ/gastēr meaning "belly".[4] The gorgeous sunbird is now one of 64 sunbirds placed in the genus Cinnyris that was introduced in 1816 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier.[5] It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus). The species were split based on the differences in morphology. The gorgeous sunbird is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2024). "Cinnyris melanogastrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T103800445A263800024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Fischer, Gustav; Reichenow, Anton (1884). "Neue Vogelarten aus dem Massailand (Inneres Ostafrika)". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 32 (165): 178-182 [181].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 266.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "melanogastrus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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