Anthreptes Gabonicus Bird
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Anthreptes Gabonicus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Nectarinia gabonica J.Orn. 9 p.13,109
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code: mobsun1
Type Locality: Gabon.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTHREPTES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Brown-throated Sunbird A. malacensis) Gr. ανθος anthos flower, blossom; θρεπτης threptēs feeder < τρεφω trephō to rear; "Genus, ANTHREPTES. Bill slender, attenuated, minutely crenated; the base of the under mandible strong, and not having the margin hid by that of the upper mandible. Wings rounded. Tail even. Inner toe shorter than the external toe. Type. — Cynniris Javanica. ZOOL. ILLUSTR., iii. pl. 121" (Swainson 1832); "Anthreptes Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 2 (1831), p. 495. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cinnyris javanica Swainson = Certhia malacensis Scopoli." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 209).
Var. Anthothreptes, Anthreptus, Anthotreptes, Anthorheptes, Authreptes.
Synon. Arachnophila, Euchloridia, Gunningia, Lamprothreptes, Mangusia, Paradeleornis, Rhizophorornis, Tephrolaema.
gabonense / gabonensis / gabonica / gabonicus / gaboonensis
Gaboon / Gabon.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
