Black-throated Sunbird

SCI Name:  Aethopyga saturata
Protonym:  Cinnyris saturata Ind.Rev. 1 p.273
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Aethopyga
Taxonomy Code:  bltsun1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AETHOPYGA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Crimson Sunbird A. siparaja) Gr. αιθος aithos  fire, burning heat; πυγη pugē  rump; "Gen. AETHOPYGA nov. gen. **) Feuerhonigsauger.   562.  1. A. siparaja Nob. —  ***)  Certhia siparaja Raffl. Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 299.  Nectarinia mystacalis Temm. Pl. col. 126. fig. 3.   ...   563.  2. A. eximia Nob.— Nectarinia eximia Horsf. (nec Temm.) Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 181. Nectarinia Kuhlii Temm. Pl. col. 376. fig. 1. 2.   ...   564.  3. A. nipalensis Nob. — Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgs. Jnd. Rev. 1837. p. 273. — Nectarinia nipalensis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 27.   ...   **) Von αιθος, feuerfarbig und πυγη, Steiss    Mit mittelmässigem, etwas hakig gekrümmtem Schnabel und verlängerten mittlern Schwanzfedern; Gefieder brennend gefärbt.    ***) Der auf Borneo und Malacca vorkommende, mit siparaja identificirte Vogel ist verschieden: A. eupogon n. sp.   ...   Als Arten gehören ferner hierher:  1. A. miles. — Cinnyris miles Hodgs. — 2. A. goalpariensis. — Nect. goalpariensis Jard. — 3. A. ignicauda. — Cinnyris ignicauda Hodgs. — 4. A. saturata. — Cinnyris saturata Hodgs; N. Hodgsonii Jard. — 5. A. Gouldae. — Nectarinia Gouldae Vig. — 6. A. Horsfieldi. — Nectarinia Horsfieldii Blyth. — 7. A. Temminckii. — Nectarinia Temminckii Müll." (Cabanis 1853); "Aethopyga Cabanis, 1851 [=1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 103. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia siparaja Raffles." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 270).
Var. Aithopyga.
Synon. Duyvena, Eudrepanis, Philippinia, Urodrepanis.

aethopyga / aethopygus
Gr. αιθος aithos  fire, burning heat; -πυγος -pugos  -rumped  < πυγη pugē  rump.

saturata
L. saturatus  richly coloured, darker coloured  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.

SUBSPECIES

Black-throated Sunbird (saturata)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata saturata
saturata
L. saturatus  richly coloured, darker coloured  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.

Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata assamensis
assamense / assamensis / assami / assamica / assamicus
Assam, India (from Mughal name Asham for the region).

Black-throated Sunbird (galenae)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata galenae
galenae
Anna Galena Deignan née Warren (fl. 1906) mother of US ornithologist Herbert G. Deignan (subsp. Aethopyga saturata).

Black-throated Sunbird (petersi)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata petersi
petersi / petersii
● Prof. Wilhelm Karl Hartwig Peters (1815-1883) German zoologist, collector in tropical Africa 1842-1848 (subsp. Podica senegalensis).
● Dr James Lee Peters (1889-1952) US ornithologist, nomenclaturist, Curator of Birds MCZ (subsp. Aethopyga saturata, subsp. Agelasticus thilius, subsp. Coccyzus longirostris, syn. Coracina schistacea, subsp. Hydrornis soror, syn. Hylatomus lineatus similis, subsp. Pheugopedius maculipectus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, syn. Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda, subsp. Schoeniophylax phryganophilus, Xenodacnis).
● Ernst Peters (fl. 1890) German student, collector in Venezuela 1890 (Zimmerius).

Black-throated Sunbird (sanguinipectus)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata sanguinipectus
sanguinipectus
L. sanguis, sanguinis  blood; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Black-throated Sunbird (anomala)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata anomala
anomala
L. anomalus  anomalous, irregular  < Gr. ανωμαλος anōmalos  uneven, strange  < negative prefix αν- an- ; ομαλος omalos  even.
• " ÆTHOPYGA  ANOMALA, new species.  ...  male adult ..   .. the rump lacks the yellow band characteristic of other species of the genus, and in this respect it is unique  ... In the female of anomala the yellow rump is, strange to say, very prominent." (Richmond 1900) (subsp. Aethopyga saturata).
• "4. Ploceus anomalus Rchw. n. sp.  Von allen Ploceus-Arten durch sehr kurze erste Schwinge, welche die Handdecken nur um 3 mm überragt und sehr kurzen Schwanz ausgezeichnet; die Unterschwanzdecken reichen fast bis zur Schwanzspitze.  Durch diese Eigenschaften nähert sich die Form den Pyromelana-Arten." (Reichenow 1887) (Brachycope).
• "N.º  66: Ceraphanes anomalus W. Bertoni (gen. n.)  ...  Son tan singulares, que en mis principios estube á punto de separario de la familia; pero hoy mudé dictamen, porque la mayor parte de sus caractéres físicos se hallan esparcidos en esta variadísima familia." (W. Bertoni 1901) (syn. Conopophaga lineata vulgaris).
• "Pipra anomala, sp. nov.   ...  This remarkable new species is based on a single specimen, which at first sight looks as if it were a young bird, but upon closer examination seems to be fully adult.  The peculiar combination of characters it exhibits is paralleled by no other species of Pipra." (Todd 1925)  (Pipra aureola x Heterocercus linteatus hybrid).
• see anomalus

Black-throated Sunbird (wrayi)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata wrayi
wrayi
Leonard Wray, Jr. (1852-1942) British civil servant in Malaya, Director of Museums Federated Malay States 1905-1908 (subsp. Aethopyga saturata, subsp. Brachypteryx leucophris, subsp. Chrysophlegma flavinucha, subsp. Erythrogenys hypoleucos, subsp. Heterophasia picaoides, syn. Pericrocotus solaris montanus).

Black-throated Sunbird (ochra)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata ochra
ochra
L. ochra ochre, yellow-ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow-ochre, pale-yellow.

Black-throated Sunbird (cambodiana)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata cambodiana
cambodiana / cambodianum / cambodianus
Cambodia.

Black-throated Sunbird (johnsi)
SCI Name: Aethopyga saturata johnsi
johnsi
John Francis Johns (1885-1967) British diplomat, Consul in Saigon, Cochin China 1919, Consul-Gen. in Bangkok, Thailand 1924-1932 (subsp. Aethopyga saturata).