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Tsavo Sunbird

Cinnyris tsavoensis Van Someren, VGL 1922

The Tsavo sunbird is a small passerine bird of Kenya and Tanzania. It is sometimes lumped with the purple-banded sunbird. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Cinnyris
Scientific:
  Cinnyris tsavoensis

Original description

Citation:
  Van Someren, VGL 1922

Reference:
   Novit. Zool. 29 p.196

Protonym:
  Cinnyris bifasciatus tsavoensis

Type locality:
  Tsavo.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15871060#page/212/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  17DE4B1FAC2454BB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-17DE4B1F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/17DE4B1F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916443

Geographic range:

  • Cinnyris tsavoensis: southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tsavo Sunbird
Catalan:
suimanga del Tsavo
Czech:
strdimil tsavoský
Danish:
Tsavosolfugl
German:
Tsavonektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga de Tsavo
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga de Tsavo
Finnish:
tsavonmedestäjä
French:
Souimanga du Tsavo
Croatian:
kenijski medosas
Italian:
Nettarinia di Tsavo
Japanese (romaji):
tsabotaiyouchou
Japanese:
ツァボタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
tsavinė spalvingoji nektarina
Dutch:
Tsavopurperbandhoningzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Tsavosolfugl
Norwegian:
Tsavosolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik opalizujący
Portuguese:
nectarínia-do-tsavo
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-do-tsavo
Russian:
Момбасская нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka akáciová
Swedish:
tsavosolfågel
Ukrainian:
Маріка кенійська
Chinese:
察武花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
柴弗花蜜鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Souimanga du Tsavo ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Tsavo Little Purple-banded Sunbird ( Nectarinia tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Nectarinia bifasciata tsavoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nectarinia bifasciata tsavoensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nectarinia bifasciata tsavoensis [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Tsavo Sunbird ( Cinnyris tsavoensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cinnyris tsavoensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cinnyris tsavoensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cinnyris [bifasciatus or tsavoensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: suimanga del Tsavo
Czech: strdimil tsavoský
Danish: Tsavosolfugl
German: Tsavonektarvogel
English: Tsavo Little Purple-banded Sunbird, Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird, Tsavo Sunbird, Ukamba Purple-banded Sunbird
English, HBW: Tsavo Sunbird
English (IOC): Tsavo Sunbird
English (Kenya): Tsavo Sunbird
English (United States): Tsavo Sunbird
Spanish: Suimanga de Tsavo, Suimanga del Tsavo
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga de Tsavo
Spanish (HBW): Tsavo Sunbird
Finnish: tsavonmedestäjä
French: Souimanga de Tsavo, Souimanga du Tsavo
Croatian: kenijski medosas
Italian: Nettarinia di Tsavo
Japanese (romaji): tsabotaiyouchou
Japanese: ツァボタイヨウチョウ
Scientific: Cinnyris bifasciatus tsavoensis, Cinnyris tsavoensis, Nectarinia bifasciata tsavoensis, Nectarinia tsavoensis
Lithuanian: tsavinė spalvingoji nektarina
Dutch: Tsavopurperbandhoningzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tsavosolfugl
Norwegian: Tsavosolfugl
Polish: nektarnik opalizujacy, nektarnik opalizujący
Portuguese: nectarínia-do-tsavo
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-do-tsavo
Russian: Краснопоясая нектарница, Момбасская нектарница
Slovak: nektárovka akáciová
Swedish: Tsavosolfågel
Swahili: Chozi wa Tsavo
Turkish: Tsavo nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: Маріка кенійська
Chinese: 察武花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 柴弗花蜜鳥

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