Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina Scientific name definitions
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2008
Text last updated January 1, 2008
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Swartsuikerbekkie |
Catalan | suimanga ametista |
Croatian | zelenokapi medosas |
Dutch | Amethisthoningzuiger |
English | Amethyst Sunbird |
English (United States) | Amethyst Sunbird |
French | Souimanga améthyste |
French (Canada) | Souimanga améthyste |
German | Amethystglanzköpfchen |
Japanese | アメシストタイヨウチョウ |
Norwegian | ametystsolfugl |
Polish | nektarnik ametystowy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Beija-flor-ametista |
Russian | Аметистовая нектарница |
Serbian | Ametistna sunčica |
Slovak | nektárovka ametystová |
Spanish | Suimanga Amatista |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga amatista |
Swedish | ametistsolfågel |
Turkish | Ametist Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Нектарець аметистовий |
Zulu | insusha |
Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Certhia amethystina
Shaw, 1812. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt1, p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHALCOMITRA
- amethystina / amethystinus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
See C. fuliginosa. Other proposed races are adjuncta from E Swaziland (described from Stegi, in Lebombo Mts), which is synonymized with nominate, and doggetti (Ravine, in W Kenya) and kalckreuthi (Mombasa, in SE Kenya), both merged with kirkii. Three subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Chalcomitra amethystina kirkii Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE South Sudan, NE Uganda, Kenya, Somalia (Jubba Valley), Tanzania, Burundi, E and S Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique (S to Coguna) and Zimbabwe.
Chalcomitra amethystina kirkii (Shelley, 1876)
PROTONYM:
Cinnyris kirkii
Shelley, 1876. A monograph of the Nectariniidæ, or family of sun-birds, p.273, pl. 85.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Zambezi district ; probably Shupanga, lower Zambezi Valley, ca. lat. 35° 30' E., fide Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 699.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHALCOMITRA
- amethystina / amethystinus
- kirki / kirkii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
SUBSPECIES
Chalcomitra amethystina deminuta Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE Gabon, S Congo, W and SE DRCongo, Angola, Namibia, N and W Zambia and N Botswana.
Chalcomitra amethystina deminuta Cabanis, 1880
PROTONYM:
Chalcomitra deminuta
Cabanis, 1880. Ornithologisches Centralblatt 5, p.143.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa; restricted to Malandje, Angola, by Reichenow, 1905, Vog. Afr., 3, p. 459.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHALCOMITRA
- amethystina / amethystinus
- deminuta / deminutus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
SUBSPECIES
Chalcomitra amethystina amethystina Scientific name definitions
Distribution
E Botswana, S Mozambique (S of R Limpopo), Swaziland and E and S South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal S to S coastal Western Cape).
Chalcomitra amethystina amethystina (Shaw, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Certhia amethystina
Shaw, 1812. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt1, p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHALCOMITRA
- amethystina / amethystinus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Amethyst Sunbird