Pygmy Sunbird / Hedydipna platura
Pygmy Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cinnyris platurus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 31 p.501
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Hedydipna
Taxonomy Code: pygsun2
Type Locality: Senegal.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1819
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.
platura
Gr. πλατη platē oar, blade, lobe, fan; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Sucrier Figuier” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 293, fig. 2 (Hedydipna).
Platurus
(syn. Discosura Ϯ Racquet-tailed Coquette D. longicaudus) Gr. πλατυς platus broad, wide; ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Trochilus platurus Latham 1790 (= syn. Discosura longicaudus)); "LES PLATURES. Platurus. Nob. La queue est composée de rectrices acuminées; les deux externes à tiges sous barbes, et terminées par des palettes ovalaires. ESP. 19. OISEAU-MOUCHE A RAQUETTES. Ornismya platura. N. ... Trochilus longicaudus, L. Gm. sp. 60. Trochilus platurus, Lath., sp. 55" (Lesson 1829). Var. Platura.
platurus
Gr. πλατυς platus broad, wide, flat; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Drongo à Raquettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 175 (subsp. Dicrurus paradiseus).
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)