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Arabian Sunbird

Cinnyris hellmayri Neumann, OR 1904

The Arabian sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Neumann, OR 1904

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 12 p.29

Protonym:
  Cinnyris habessinica hellmayri

Type locality:
  mountains north of Lahadsch (i.e., Lahej).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101402#page/45/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  36D2C0CDD46F9A12

Avibase ID:
  avibase-36D2C0CD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/36D2C0CD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 921790

English:
Arabian Sunbird
Czech:
strdimil arabský
Danish:
Yemen Glanssolfugl
German:
Arabiennektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga árabe
French:
Souimanga de Hellmayr
Croatian:
Arabijski medosas
Dutch:
Arabische Honingzuiger
Norwegian:
arabiasolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik arabski
Portuguese:
Beija-flor-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-árabe
Slovak:
nektárovka arabská
Swedish:
arabsolfågel
Chinese:
阿拉伯花蜜鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Shining Sunbird [hellmayri or kinneari] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [hellmayri or kinneari])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Shining Sunbird [hellmayri or kinneari] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [hellmayri or kinneari])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Shining Sunbird [hellmayri or kinneari] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [hellmayri or kinneari])
Avilist 2025:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri)
Clements, version 2024:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Shining Sunbird (Arabian) ( Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Arabian Sunbird ( Cinnyris hellmayri) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Belarusian: Аравійская нектарніца
Bulgarian: Арабска нектарница
Czech: strdimil arabský, strdimil zářivý (ssp. hellmayri/kinneari)
Danish: Yemen Glanssolfugl
German: Arabiennektarvogel, Glanznektarvogel (hellmayri/kinneari)
English: Arabian Sunbird, Shining Sunbird (Arabian), Shining Sunbird [hellmayri or kinneari]
English, HBW: Arabian Sunbird
English (IOC): Shining Sunbird (Arabian)
English (United States): Shining Sunbird (Arabian)
Esperanto: Araba sunbirdo, Arabia sunbirdo
Spanish: Suimanga árabe, Suimanga Brillante (hellmayri/kinneari)
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga brillante (hellmayri/kinneari)
French: Souimanga brillant (hellmayri), Souimanga brillant [hellmayri or kinneari], Souimanga brillant [hellmayri ou kinneari], Souimanga de Hellmayr
Irish: Grianóg Arabach
Croatian: Arabijski medosas
Icelandic: Glitsóli (hellmayri/kinneari)
Japanese (romaji): teritaiyouchou (hellmayri/kinneari)
Japanese: テリタイヨウチョウ (hellmayri/kinneari), テリタイヨウチョウ（hellmayri／kinneari）
Scientific: Cinnyris habessinica hellmayri, Cinnyris habessinicus [hellmayri or kinneari], Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri, Cinnyris habessinicus hellmayri/kinneari, Cinnyris hellmayri
Dutch: Arabische Honingzuiger
Norwegian: arabiasolfugl, glanssolfugl (hellmayri/kinneari)
Polish: Nektarnik arabski, nektarnik epoletowy (hellmayri/kinneari)
Portuguese: Beija-flor-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-árabe, beija-flor-brilhante (hellmayri/kinneari)
Rhaeto-Romance: Nectarinia araba
Russian: Блестящая нектарница (hellmayri/kinneari)
Slovak: Nektárovka arabská, nektárovka arabská (skup.)
Serbian: Sjajna sunčica (hellmayri/kinneari)
Swedish: abessinsk solfågel (hellmayri/kinneari), Arabisk solfågel, arabsolfågel
Turkish: Habeş nektarkuşu (hellmayri/kinneari)
Chinese: 阿拉伯花蜜鸟

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