Congo Sunbird Cinnyris congensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
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 |
---|---|
Catalan | suimanga del Congo |
Croatian | riječni medosas |
Dutch | Congolese honingzuiger |
English | Congo Sunbird |
English (United States) | Congo Sunbird |
French | Souimanga du Congo |
French (Canada) | Souimanga du Congo |
German | Kongonektarvogel |
Japanese | オオムネアカオナガタイヨウチョウ |
Norwegian | kongosolfugl |
Polish | nektarnik kongijski |
Russian | Конголезская нектарница |
Serbian | Kongoanska sunčica |
Slovak | nektárovka lužná |
Spanish | Suimanga Congoleño |
Spanish (Spain) | Suimanga congoleño |
Swedish | kongosolfågel |
Turkish | Kongo Nektarkuşu |
Ukrainian | Маріка конголезька |
Cinnyris congensis (van Oort, 1910)
PROTONYM:
Nectarinia congensis
van Oort, 1910. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 18, p.54.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Boma, lower Congo ; error, corrected to Irebu by Chapin, 1954, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75B, p. 268.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CINNYRIS
- congensis
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
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Distribution of the Congo Sunbird