Stuhlmann's Sunbird

SCI Name:  Cinnyris stuhlmanni
Protonym:  Cinnyris stuhlmanni Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.61
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris
Taxonomy Code:  stusun1
Type Locality:  central Africa ; ''type undoubtedly from West Ruwenzori'' (Chapin, 1954, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 75B, p. 252).
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1893
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CINNYRIS
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Splendid Sunbird C. coccinigastrus) Gr. κιννυρις kinnuris  small bird mentioned by Hesychius, not further identified (cf. Gr. myth. Cinyras king of Cyprus, renowned for his wealth and opulence, who committed incest with his daughter Myrrha, who fled to Arabia and gave birth to Adonis; erroneous "Cinnyris (Gr) = shining" (Hockey et al. 2005)); "Les SOUÏ-MANGAS. (CINNYRIS. Cuv.) (2).   N'ont pas non plus la queue usée; leur bec long et très-grêle a le bord de ses deux mandibules finement dentelé en scie; leur langue, susceptible de s'allonger hors du bec, se termine en fourche; ce sont de petits oiseaux dont les mâles brillent au temps des amours de couleurs métalliques et approchant de l'éclat des colibris, qu'ils représentent à cet égard dans l'ancien monde, se trouvant principalement en Afrique.  Ils vivent sur les fleurs dont ils pompent le suc  ...   Le plus grand nombre a la queue égale. (1)   ...   (2) Cinnyris, nom grec d'un très-petit oiseau inconnu. Souï-manga signifie, dit-on, mange sucre dans un jargon de Madagascar.   ...   (1) Certh. splendida, Sh. Vieill. 82. — C. afra, Edw. 347. — C. superba, Vieill. 22. — C. lotenia, enl. 575, 2 et 3, Vieill. 34. — Ametystina, Vieill. 5, 6. — Chalybæa, enl. 246, 3, Vieill. 10, 13, 18, 24, 34, 80. — Omnicolor Seb. I, 69, 5. — Cuprea, Vieill. 23. — Purpurata, Edw. 265, Vieill. 11. — Cyanocephala, Vieill. 7. — Zeilonica, enl. 576, 4, Vieill. 29, 30. — Dubia, Vieill. 81. — Senegalensis, Vieill. 8. — Sperata, enl. 246, 1, 2, Vieill. 16,32. — Madagascariensis, Vieill. 18. — Lepida, Sparrm. 35." (Cuvier 1817); "Cinnyris Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal, 1, p. 411. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia splendida Shaw, 1811 = Certhia coccinigaster Latham, 1801." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 223).
Var. Cyniris, Cynnira, Cynniris, Cinanyris, Cinayris, Cynnyris.
Synon. Aethocinnyris, Angaladiana, Arachnechthra, Cheimocinnyris, Chromatophora, Chrysocinnyris, Cyrtostomus, Eremicinnyris, Eucinnyris, Haplocinnyris, Helionympha, Maricornis, Melanocinnyris, Mellisuga, Microcinnyris, Notiocinnyris, Panaeola, Shelleyia.

stuhlmani / stuhlmanni
Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928) German naturalist, collector in East Africa 1886-1900 (syn. Bradornis comitatus, Cinnyris, syn. Peliperdix coqui, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, Poeoptera, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).

SUBSPECIES

Stuhlmann's Sunbird (stuhlmanni)
SCI Name: Cinnyris stuhlmanni stuhlmanni
stuhlmani / stuhlmanni
Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928) German naturalist, collector in East Africa 1886-1900 (syn. Bradornis comitatus, Cinnyris, syn. Peliperdix coqui, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, Poeoptera, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).

Stuhlmann's Sunbird (schubotzi)
SCI Name: Cinnyris stuhlmanni schubotzi
schubotzi
Prof. Dr Johann Georg Hermann Schubotz (1881-1955) German zoologist, collector in tropical Africa 1907-1911 (syn. Arizelocichla tephrolaema kikuyuensis, syn. Chloropeta similis, subsp. Cinnyris stuhlmanni, subsp. Guttera plumifera, subsp. Peliperdix lathami, syn. Ploceus alienus, syn. Pogoniulus chrysoconus, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, subsp. Terpsiphone rufiventer, syn. Zosterops senegalensis stuhlmanni).

Stuhlmann's Sunbird (chapini)
SCI Name: Cinnyris stuhlmanni chapini
chapini
Dr James Paul Chapin (1889-1964) US ornithologist, artist, collector in the Belgian Congo, Curator AMNH (syn. Anthus similis bannermani, Apalis, syn. Bradornis fuliginosus, subsp. Cinnyris stuhlmanni, syn. Corvinella corvina affinis, syn. Dendrospiza citrinelloides frontalis, subsp. Dryoscopus cubla, Kupeornis, subsp. Mirafra africana, subsp. Motacilla clara, subsp. Sheppardia bocagei, ‡Sylvietta, syn. Tricholaema hirsuta flavipunctata).

Stuhlmann's Sunbird (graueri)
SCI Name: Cinnyris stuhlmanni graueri
graueri
Rudolf Grauer (1871-1927) Austrian ornithologist, collector in tropical Africa 1904-1911 (subsp. Asio abyssinicus, Bradypterus, Ceblepyris, subsp. Chlorophoneus multicolor, subsp. Cinnyris stuhlmanni, subsp. Crithagra striolata, subsp. Dyaphorophyia ansorgei, syn. Estrilda atricapilla kandti, subsp. Euschistospiza cinereovinacea, subsp. Geokichla camaronensis, syn. Otus senegalensis, subsp. Phyllastrephus flavostriatus, syn. Ploceus cucullatus, syn. Polyboroides typus, subsp. Prinia subflava, Pseudocalyptomena, subsp. Turdus pelios).