Orange-breasted Sunbird / Anthobaphes violacea
Orange-breasted Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia violacea Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.188
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthobaphes
Taxonomy Code: orbsun2
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTHOBAPHES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Orange-breasted Sunbird A. violacea) Gr. ανθοβαφης anthobaphēs bright-coloured < ανθος anthos flower; βαφη baphē dyeing < βαπτω baptō to dye; "Gen. ANTHOBAPHES nov. gen. ****) Blumenhonigsauger. 565. 1. A. violacea Nob. — Certhia violacea Lin. Syst. No. 22. — Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. tab. 292. — Certhia crocata Shaw. Nat. Misc. tab. 210. — Nectarinia violacea Jard. Sun Birds tab. 16. ... ****) ανθοβαφης, von blühender bunter Farbe. — Mit längerm, weniger stark gekrümmtem Schnabel und weniger lebhaft gefärbtem Gefieder, als in der vorhergehenden Gattung [Aethopyga]. Läufe und Zehen stärker entwickelt. Africa." (Cabanis 1853); "Anthobaphes Cabanis, 1853, Museum Heineanum, I, p. 103. Type, by monotypy, Certhia violacea Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2019).
Var. Anthrobaphes.
violacea
L. violaceus violet-coloured, violaceous < viola violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA. ... violacea. 12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba. Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).
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)