Red-tufted Sunbird

SCI Name:  Nectarinia johnstoni
Protonym:  Nectarinia johnstoni Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.227 pl.14
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Nectarinia
Taxonomy Code:  retsun2
Type Locality:  11,000 ft., Kilimanjaro.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1885
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NECTARINIA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Malachite Sunbird N. famosa) L. nectar, nectaris  nectar  < Gr. νεκταρ nektar, νεκταρος nektaros  nectar; “GENUS 20. NECTARINIA (Nectar florum haurientes) (Honigvogel Germ. Sucrier, Guitguit Gall.)  Rostrum vel elongatum vel mediocre, gracile, modice incurvum, teretiusculum, trigonum, apice acutissimum, tomiis intractis, versus apicem saepius subtilissime incisulo-fimbriatis, maxillaribus mandibularia amplectentibus. Gonys mandibulae duas certe partes aequans, gnathidiis ea brevioribus, angulo mentali rotundato.  Nares in maxillae basi sitae, membrana fornicali superne semiclausae, rima longitudinali versus tomium apertae.  Lingua jaculatoria, tubulosa, apice fibrosa.  Alae mediocres, remigum primorum primae breviores.  Caudae rectrices haud rigidae, apice rotundatae.  Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui, nudi.  Unguis posticus ungue medio paullo major.  Acropodia scutulata.   Species: Certhia famosa, violacea, caerulea (et Cayana) Lin.” (Illiger 1811); "Nectarinia Illiger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium, p. 210. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 12), Certhia famosa Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1967, XII, 222).
Var. Nectarina, Nectarinea, Noctarinia.
Synon. Rhyndace, Sclaterornis, Sovimanga.

johnstoni
● Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927) English explorer in tropical Africa 1882-1884, colonial administrator, Vice Consul Cameroon and Niger Delta 1885, Consul to Portuguese East Africa 1889, Commissioner for South Central Africa 1891-1896, Consul-Gen. to Tunisia 1897-1899, Special Commissioner for Uganda 1899-1901 (syn. Aplopelia larvata, Dendropicos, syn. Melaenornis fischeri, Nectarinia, subsp. Phylloscopus ruficapilla, syn. Pogonocichla stellata orientalis, subsp. Pternistis hildebrandti, Ruwenzorornis, syn. Turdus olivaceus baraka).
● Johnston River, northern Queensland, Australia (syn. Gerygone palpebrosa flavida, syn. Philemon citreogularis sordidus, syn. Xanthotis macleayanus).

SUBSPECIES

Red-tufted Sunbird (johnstoni)
SCI Name: Nectarinia johnstoni johnstoni
johnstoni
● Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927) English explorer in tropical Africa 1882-1884, colonial administrator, Vice Consul Cameroon and Niger Delta 1885, Consul to Portuguese East Africa 1889, Commissioner for South Central Africa 1891-1896, Consul-Gen. to Tunisia 1897-1899, Special Commissioner for Uganda 1899-1901 (syn. Aplopelia larvata, Dendropicos, syn. Melaenornis fischeri, Nectarinia, subsp. Phylloscopus ruficapilla, syn. Pogonocichla stellata orientalis, subsp. Pternistis hildebrandti, Ruwenzorornis, syn. Turdus olivaceus baraka).
● Johnston River, northern Queensland, Australia (syn. Gerygone palpebrosa flavida, syn. Philemon citreogularis sordidus, syn. Xanthotis macleayanus).

Red-tufted Sunbird (dartmouthi)
SCI Name: Nectarinia johnstoni dartmouthi
dartmouthi
William Heneage Legge Viscount Lewisham and 6^th Earl of Dartmouth (1851-1936) British politician, Lord-Lt. of Staffordshire 1891-1927, sponsor of expeditions (subsp. Nectarinia johnstoni).

Red-tufted Sunbird (itombwensis)
SCI Name: Nectarinia johnstoni itombwensis
itombwensis
Itombwe Mts., Belgian Congo / DR Congo.

Red-tufted Sunbird (nyikensis)
SCI Name: Nectarinia johnstoni nyikensis
nyika / nyikae / nyikensis
Nyika Plateau or Highlands, northern Nyasaland / Malawi.