Anthreptes Neglectus Bird

Anthreptes Neglectus Bird

Anthreptes Neglectus Bird

English Name:  Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
Latin Name:  Anthreptes neglectus
Protonym:  Anthreptes longuemarei neglectus Orn.Monatsb. 30 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code:  uvbsun1
Type Locality:  Uluguru Mts., Tanganyika Territory.
Author:  Neumann
Publish Year:  1922
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.

neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus  ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded  < neglegere  to neglect.