Loten’s Sunbird / Cinnyris lotenius
Loten's Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia lotenia Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.188
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris
Taxonomy Code: lobsun2
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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, Cinanyris, Cinayris, Cynnyris.
Synon. Aethocinnyris, Angaladiana, Arachnechthra, Cheimocinnyris, Chromatophora, Chrysocinnyris, Cyrtostomus, Eremicinnyris, Eucinnyris, Haplocinnyris, Helionympha, Maricornis, Melanocinnyris, Mellisuga, Microcinnyris, Notiocinnyris, Panaeola, Shelleyia.
lotenia / lotenius
Johan Gideon Loten (also known as Joan or John Gidlon Loten) (1710-1789) Dutch Gov. of Makassar 1743-1752, Ceylon 1752-1757, and Java 1757-1759, naturalist (Cinnyris, Sassius (artefact)).
SUBSPECIES
Loten's Sunbird (hindustanicus)
SCI Name: Cinnyris lotenius hindustanicus
hindustan / hindustanica / hindustanicus
Hindustan or Hindostan (= India north of the Deccan).
Loten's Sunbird (lotenius)
SCI Name: Cinnyris lotenius lotenius
lotenia / lotenius
Johan Gideon Loten (also known as Joan or John Gidlon Loten) (1710-1789) Dutch Gov. of Makassar 1743-1752, Ceylon 1752-1757, and Java 1757-1759, naturalist (Cinnyris, Sassius (artefact)).
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)