Anthreptes Rhodolaemus Bird

English Name:  Red-throated Sunbird
Latin Name:  Anthreptes rhodolaemus
Protonym:  Anthreptes rhodolaema Monogr.Nectarin. pt6 p.313 pl.101,fig. dP
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code:  retsun3
Type Locality:  Malacca and Sumatra; restricted to Malacca by Riley, 1934, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 47, p. 116.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1878
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

rhodolaema / rhodolaemus
Gr. ῥοδον rhodon  rose; λαιμος laimos  throat.