Purple-throated Sunbird / Leptocoma sperata
Purple-throated Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia sperata Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.186
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Leptocoma
Taxonomy Code: putsun3
Type Locality: Philippine Islands ; restricted to Manila by Salomonsen, 1953, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk naturhist. Foren., 115, p. 255.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
LEPTOCOMA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Sunbird L. brasiliana) Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, fine; κομη komē hair; "Gen. LEPTOCOMA nov. gen. *) Sammethonigsauger. 568. 1. L. zeylonica Nob. - Certhia zeylonica Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 23. — Certhia quadricolor Scop. Sonn. Voy. tab. 30? — Certhia dubia Shaw? — Nectarinia zeylonica Jard. Sun Birds tab. 20. — Nectarinia philippensis Meyen. — Cinnyris sola Jerd. — Cinnyris nigralbus Less. ... 569. 2. L. sperata Nob. — Certhia sperata Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 13. — Certhia affinis Shaw. Gen. Zool. VIII. p. 208. — Nectarinia coccinigaster Temm. Pl. col. 388. fig. 3. — Nectarinia affinis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 21. ... *) Von λεπτος, zart und κομη, ἡ Haupthaar. Kleine zierliche Formigen mit sammetartigem Gefieder, mittelmässigem, nicht stark gekrümmtem Schnabel, kurzen Läufen und kurzem fast geradem Schwanze. Typus L. Hasselti. — Nectarinia Hasseltii Temm." (Cabanis 1853); "LEPTOCOMA Cabanis, 1851[=1853] F — Nectarinia hasseltii Temminck, 1825; type by original designation = Certhia brasiliana J. F. Gmelin, 1788" (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 271).
Var. Leptcocoma.
Synon. Chalcostetha, Hermotimia, Nectarophila.
sperata
L. sperata bride, betrothed < sperare to expect < spes, spei expectation.
● ex “Grimpereau pourpré des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Chalcostetha).
SUBSPECIES
Purple-throated Sunbird (Purple-throated)
SCI Name: Leptocoma sperata [sperata Group]
LEPTOCOMA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Maroon-bellied Sunbird L. brasiliana) Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, fine; κομη komē hair; "Gen. LEPTOCOMA nov. gen. *) Sammethonigsauger. 568. 1. L. zeylonica Nob. - Certhia zeylonica Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 23. — Certhia quadricolor Scop. Sonn. Voy. tab. 30? — Certhia dubia Shaw? — Nectarinia zeylonica Jard. Sun Birds tab. 20. — Nectarinia philippensis Meyen. — Cinnyris sola Jerd. — Cinnyris nigralbus Less. ... 569. 2. L. sperata Nob. — Certhia sperata Lin. Syst. Nat. No. 13. — Certhia affinis Shaw. Gen. Zool. VIII. p. 208. — Nectarinia coccinigaster Temm. Pl. col. 388. fig. 3. — Nectarinia affinis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 21. ... *) Von λεπτος, zart und κομη, ἡ Haupthaar. Kleine zierliche Formigen mit sammetartigem Gefieder, mittelmässigem, nicht stark gekrümmtem Schnabel, kurzen Läufen und kurzem fast geradem Schwanze. Typus L. Hasselti. — Nectarinia Hasseltii Temm." (Cabanis 1853); "LEPTOCOMA Cabanis, 1851[=1853] F — Nectarinia hasseltii Temminck, 1825; type by original designation = Certhia brasiliana J. F. Gmelin, 1788" (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 271).
Var. Leptcocoma.
Synon. Chalcostetha, Hermotimia, Nectarophila.
Purple-throated Sunbird (Orange-lined)
SCI Name: Leptocoma sperata juliae
juliae
● Julia Marchioness of Tweeddale (1846-1937) wife of British collector Arthur 9th Marquis of Tweeddale (Arachnothera, Leptocoma).
● Julia Gräfin Branicka née Potocka (1854-1921) wife of Polish zoologist Władysław Michał Graf Branicki (subsp. Lesbia victoriae).
● Julie Heine née Ernst (1823-1878) wife of German ornithologist Ferdinand Heine (subsp. Todiramphus chloris).
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)