Cameroon Sunbird

SCI Name:  Cyanomitra oritis
Protonym:  Cinnyris oritis J.Orn. 40 p.190,225
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cyanomitra
Taxonomy Code:  camsun2
Type Locality:  Buea, 950 m., Mt. Cameroon.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1892
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CYANOMITRA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Green-headed Sunbird C. verticalis cyanocephala) Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue, greenish-blue; μιτρα mitra  head-band, diadem; "CLXII. Cyanomitra RCHB. Nat. Syst. t. suppl. — Mittelform zwischen Cinnyris und Anthodiaeta; sie hat von jener die langen Flügel, von dieser das Kleid. Die Brustbüschel sind deutlich. — West-Afrika.   678. C. cyanocephala (Certhia — SHAW VIII. 203.) BONAP. 406. 4.  RCHB. t. DLXXIII. 3905—6.   ...   *679. C. pusilla SWAINS. West.-Afr. 138. RCHB. t. DCXV. = DLXIII.b. 4104.   ...   *680. C. affinis RÜPPEL Abyss. 87. t. 31. f. 1.  RCHB. t. DLXXIII. 3907." (Reichenbach 1853); "Cyanomitra Reichenbach, 1854 [= 1853], Handb. spec. Orn., Icon. Synops. Avium, Scansoriae, p. 291. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 137), Certhia cyanocephala Shaw." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 223).
Synon. Adelinus, Elaeocerthia, Haagneria, Leucochloridia.

oritis
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs  mountain-roaming, mountaineer  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (cf. ορειτης oreitēs  kind of hawk).

Orites
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs  mountain-roaming, mountaineer  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain.
● (syn. Aegithalos Ϯ Long-tailed Tit A. caudatus) "37. ORITES.*  Parus caudatus Auctorum." (Moehring 1752); "STAARTMEES, in 't Latyn Orites.  De Langstaart-Mees de Schryveren" (Moehring 1758).
Var. Oritis, Orestes, Dorites.
● (syn. Montifringilla Ϯ White-winged Snowfinch M. nivalis) "e. Schneefink: Orites:  125. FR. NIVALIS Briss. Orn. III. p. 162. n. 39. - L. S. XII. p. 321. n. 21. - Passer alpicola Pall. Zoogr. II. p. 20. n. 190. - Schneefink" (von Keyserling & Blasius 1840).

SUBSPECIES

Cameroon Sunbird (Green-headed)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis bansoensis
bansoensis
Banso Mts., Cameroon.

Cameroon Sunbird (Bioko)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis poensis
poense / poensis
Fernando Póo or Fernando Pó, Gulf of Guinea / Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (island sighted by Portuguese navigator Fernaõ do Póo in 1470).

Cameroon Sunbird (Blue-headed)
SCI Name: Cyanomitra oritis oritis
oritis
Gr. ορειωτης oreiōtēs  mountain-roaming, mountaineer  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (cf. ορειτης oreitēs  kind of hawk).