Fire-tailed Sunbird / Aethopyga ignicauda
Fire-tailed Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cinnyris ignicauda Ind.Rev. 1 p.273
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Aethopyga
Taxonomy Code: fitsun1
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.
ignicauda
L. ignis fire; cauda tail.
SUBSPECIES
Fire-tailed Sunbird (ignicauda)
SCI Name: Aethopyga ignicauda ignicauda
ignicauda
L. ignis fire; cauda tail.
Fire-tailed Sunbird (flavescens)
SCI Name: Aethopyga ignicauda flavescens
flavescens
L. flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden.
● ex “Yellow-crested Woodpecker” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1782 (Celeus).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs.1, 3, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Citron-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Eremomela pusilla).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)