Gray-throated Sunbird

SCI Name:  Anthreptes griseigularis
Protonym:  Anthothreptus griseigularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Part IV, Meeting of December 4, 1877 p. 830-831
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code:  pltsun3
Type Locality:  Surigao, northeastern Mindanao.
Author:  Tweeddale
Publish Year:  1878
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ANTHREPTES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Brown-throated Sunbird A. malacensis) Gr. ανθος anthos  flower, blossom; θρεπτης threptēs  feeder  < τρεφω trephō  to rear; "Genus, ANTHREPTES.  Bill slender, attenuated, minutely crenated; the base of the under mandible strong, and not having the margin hid by that of the upper mandible.  Wings rounded.  Tail even. Inner toe shorter than the external toe.  Type. — Cynniris Javanica. ZOOL. ILLUSTR., iii. pl. 121" (Swainson 1832); "Anthreptes Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 2 (1831), p. 495. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cinnyris javanica Swainson = Certhia malacensis Scopoli." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 209).  
Var. Anthothreptes, Anthreptus, Anthotreptes, Anthorheptes, Authreptes.   
Synon. Arachnophila, Euchloridia, Gunningia, Lamprothreptes, Mangusia, Paradeleornis, Rhizophorornis, Tephrolaema.

griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum  grey; Mod. L. gularis  throated  < L. gula  throat.

SUBSPECIES

Gray-throated Sunbird (birgitae)
SCI Name: Anthreptes griseigularis birgitae
birgitae
Ruth Birgit Nielsen (1923-2010) wife of Danish ornithologist Finn Salomonsen (subsp. Anthreptes griseigularis).

Gray-throated Sunbird (griseigularis)
SCI Name: Anthreptes griseigularis griseigularis
griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum  grey; Mod. L. gularis  throated  < L. gula  throat.