Bronze Sunbird

SCI Name:  Nectarinia kilimensis
Protonym:  Nectarinia kilimensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1884) (1884), Pt4 p.555
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Nectarinia
Taxonomy Code:  brosun1
Type Locality:  5,000 ft., Kilimanjaro.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1885
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NECTARINIA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Malachite Sunbird N. famosa) L. nectar, nectaris  nectar  < Gr. νεκταρ nektar, νεκταρος nektaros  nectar; “GENUS 20. NECTARINIA (Nectar florum haurientes) (Honigvogel Germ. Sucrier, Guitguit Gall.)  Rostrum vel elongatum vel mediocre, gracile, modice incurvum, teretiusculum, trigonum, apice acutissimum, tomiis intractis, versus apicem saepius subtilissime incisulo-fimbriatis, maxillaribus mandibularia amplectentibus. Gonys mandibulae duas certe partes aequans, gnathidiis ea brevioribus, angulo mentali rotundato.  Nares in maxillae basi sitae, membrana fornicali superne semiclausae, rima longitudinali versus tomium apertae.  Lingua jaculatoria, tubulosa, apice fibrosa.  Alae mediocres, remigum primorum primae breviores.  Caudae rectrices haud rigidae, apice rotundatae.  Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui, nudi.  Unguis posticus ungue medio paullo major.  Acropodia scutulata.   Species: Certhia famosa, violacea, caerulea (et Cayana) Lin.” (Illiger 1811); "Nectarinia Illiger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium, p. 210. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 12), Certhia famosa Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1967, XII, 222).
Var. Nectarina, Nectarinea, Noctarinia.
Synon. Rhyndace, Sclaterornis, Sovimanga.

kilimense / kilimensis
Kilima N’jaro / Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania.

SUBSPECIES

Bronze Sunbird (gadowi)
SCI Name: Nectarinia kilimensis gadowi
gadowi
Dr Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855-1928) Prussian zoologist, traveller, systematist, Curator Cambridge University Mus. 1884-1928 (subsp. Nectarinia kilimensis, syn. Numenius phaeopus, ‡syn. Podiceps auritus).

Bronze Sunbird (kilimensis)
SCI Name: Nectarinia kilimensis kilimensis
kilimense / kilimensis
Kilima N’jaro / Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania.

Bronze Sunbird (arturi)
SCI Name: Nectarinia kilimensis arturi
arturi
Arthur Lutley Sclater (1873-1922) English tea planter in Ceylon, pioneer settler in Southern Rhodesia, son of ornithologist Philip Lutley Sclater (subsp. Nectarinia kilimensis).