Forest Double-collared Sunbird / Cinnyris fuelleborni

Forest Double-collared Sunbird / Cinnyris fuelleborni

Forest Double-collared Sunbird

SCI Name:  Cinnyris fuelleborni
Protonym:  Cinnyris fülleborni Orn.Monatsb. 7 p. 7
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae /
Taxonomy Code:  edcsun1
Type Locality:  Kalinga, German East Africa [Iringa district, Tanganyika] .
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Publish Year:  1899
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DEFINITIONS

CINNYRIS
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Splendid Sunbird C. coccinigastrus) Gr. κιννυρις kinnuris  small bird mentioned by Hesychius, not further identified (cf. Gr. myth. Cinyras king of Cyprus, renowned for his wealth and opulence, who committed incest with his daughter Myrrha, who fled to Arabia and gave birth to Adonis; erroneous "Cinnyris (Gr) = shining" (Hockey et al. 2005)); "Les SOUÏ-MANGAS. (CINNYRIS. Cuv.) (2).   N'ont pas non plus la queue usée; leur bec long et très-grêle a le bord de ses deux mandibules finement dentelé en scie; leur langue, susceptible de s'allonger hors du bec, se termine en fourche; ce sont de petits oiseaux dont les mâles brillent au temps des amours de couleurs métalliques et approchant de l'éclat des colibris, qu'ils représentent à cet égard dans l'ancien monde, se trouvant principalement en Afrique.  Ils vivent sur les fleurs dont ils pompent le suc  ...   Le plus grand nombre a la queue égale. (1)   ...   (2) Cinnyris, nom grec d'un très-petit oiseau inconnu. Souï-manga signifie, dit-on, mange sucre dans un jargon de Madagascar.   ...   (1) Certh. splendida, Sh. Vieill. 82. — C. afra, Edw. 347. — C. superba, Vieill. 22. — C. lotenia, enl. 575, 2 et 3, Vieill. 34. — Ametystina, Vieill. 5, 6. — Chalybæa, enl. 246, 3, Vieill. 10, 13, 18, 24, 34, 80. — Omnicolor Seb. I, 69, 5. — Cuprea, Vieill. 23. — Purpurata, Edw. 265, Vieill. 11. — Cyanocephala, Vieill. 7. — Zeilonica, enl. 576, 4, Vieill. 29, 30. — Dubia, Vieill. 81. — Senegalensis, Vieill. 8. — Sperata, enl. 246, 1, 2, Vieill. 16,32. — Madagascariensis, Vieill. 18. — Lepida, Sparrm. 35." (Cuvier 1817); "Cinnyris Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal, 1, p. 411. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia splendida Shaw, 1811 = Certhia coccinigaster Latham, 1801." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 223).
Var. Cyniris, Cynnira, Cynniris, CinanyrisCinayris, Cynnyris.
Synon. Aethocinnyris, Angaladiana, Arachnechthra, Cheimocinnyris, Chromatophora, Chrysocinnyris, Cyrtostomus, Eremicinnyris, Eucinnyris, Haplocinnyris, Helionympha, Maricornis, Melanocinnyris, Mellisuga, Microcinnyris, Notiocinnyris, Panaeola, Shelleyia.

fuelleborni / fuellebornii
Dr Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933) German naturalist, academic in German East Africa 1896-1900 (syn. Campethera cailliautii nyansae, syn. Caprimulgus vexillariusChamaetylas, Cinnyris, subsp. Glareola pratincola, syn. Gyps africanus, Laniarius, Macronyx, syn. Melaniparus leucomelas insignis, subsp. Muscicapa adusta, syn. Ploceus bertrandi).

SUBSPECIES

Forest Double-collared Sunbird (fuelleborni)
SCI Name: Cinnyris fuelleborni fuelleborni
fuelleborni / fuellebornii
Dr Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933) German naturalist, academic in German East Africa 1896-1900 (syn. Campethera cailliautii nyansae, syn. Caprimulgus vexillariusChamaetylas, Cinnyris, subsp. Glareola pratincola, syn. Gyps africanus, Laniarius, Macronyx, syn. Melaniparus leucomelas insignis, subsp. Muscicapa adusta, syn. Ploceus bertrandi).

Forest Double-collared Sunbird (bensoni)
SCI Name: Cinnyris fuelleborni bensoni
bensoni
● Constantine Walter Benson (1909-1982) English colonial administrator, ornithologist, collector (syn. Ammomanes deserti geyri, syn. Apalis chapini strausae, syn. Apalis thoracica whitei, Calamonastides, subsp. Cinnyris fuelleborni, subsp. Cisticola chiniana, subsp. Cyanolanius comorensis, subsp. Monticola sharpei, syn. Phyllastrephus terrestris suahelicus, syn. Poeoptera kenricki, ‡Psittacula, subsp. Sheppardia gunningi).
● Rex R. Benson (fl. 1931) US collector in Panama (subsp. Basileuterus melanogenys, subsp. Catharus gracilirostris).
● Col. Harry Coupland Benson (1857-1924) US Army (subsp. Callipepla douglasii).