Nile Valley Sunbird / Hedydipna metallica
WBN 
Nile Valley Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nectarinia metallica Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.15
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Hedydipna
Taxonomy Code: nivsun2
Type Locality: Dongola, Sudan.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HEDYDIPNA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Pygmy Sunbird H. platura) Gr. ἡδυδειπνος hēdudeipnos dainty-supping, sweet-eating < ἡδυς hēdus sweet; δειπνεω deipneō to dine; "Gen. HEDYDIPNA nov. gen. *) Zuckerfresser. 551. 1. H. metallica Nob. — Nectarinia metallica Licht. Doubl. p. 15. No. 133. — id. Hempr. u. Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. tab. 1. — id. Rüpp. Atlas tab. 7. id. Temm. Pl. col. tab. 547. fig. 1. 2. ... *) Von ἡδυδειπνος, süssspeisend. — Mit kürzerem, weniger stark gekrümmtem Schnabel und stark verlängerten mittleren Schwanzfedern. Typus der Gruppe ist: H. platyura. — Cinnyris platura Vieill." (Cabanis 1853); "Hedydipna Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i, p. 101, 1850. Type by original designation, Cinnyris platura Vieill." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 686).
Var. Hedidypna.
Synon. Anthodiaeta, Platydipna.
metallica / metallicus
L. metallicus metallic, of metal < metallum metal < Gr. μεταλλον metallon metal.
● ex “Drongo Bronzé” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Dicrurus aeneus).
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)
