Cinnyris habessinicus (Shining Sunbird)

Shining Sunbird

Cinnyris habessinicus (Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG 1828)

The shining 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 habessinicus

Original description

Citation:
(Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG 1828)

Reference:
Symbol. Phys. Icon. Descr. Avium sig.a pl.4

Protonym:
Nectarinia (Cinnyris) habessinica

Type locality:
'ex ora Habessiniae ad Eilet,' i.e., Eilet in Eritrea.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
688582BF6188DAB4

Avibase ID:
avibase-688582BF

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/688582BF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916448

Geographic range:

Cinnyris habessinicus habessinicus: Red Sea Province of Sudan to Eritrea and western Ethiopia
Cinnyris habessinicus turkanae: southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southwestern Somalia, northeastern Uganda, and northern Kenya
Cinnyris habessinicus alter: northern Somalia to Ethiopia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Shining Sunbird
Catalan:
suimanga lluent
Czech:
strdimil zářivý
Danish:
Glanssolfugl
German:
Glanznektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga brillante
Finnish:
hohtomedestäjä
French:
Souimanga brillant
Croatian:
ljubičastokapi medosas
Hungarian:
fénylő nektármadár
Italian:
Nettarinia splendente
Japanese:
テリタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
žvilgioji spalvingoji nektarina
Dutch:
Glanshoningzuiger
Norwegian:
Glanssolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik epoletowy
Portuguese:
nectarínia-brilhante
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-brilhante
Russian:
Блестящая нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka lesklá
Serbian:
Sjajna sunčica
Swedish:
abessinsk solfågel
Ukrainian:
маріка блискотлива
Chinese:
辉花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
異彩花蜜鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Shining Sunbird [nominate] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Shining Sunbird [nominate] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Shining Sunbird [nominate] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Shining Sunbird [nominate] ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Abyssinian Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Shining Sunbird (Shining) ( Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Abyssinian Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Shining Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Abyssinian Sunbird ( Cinnyris habessinicus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: suimanga lluent
Czech: strdimil zářivý, strdimil zářivý [skupina habessinicus]
Danish: Glanssolfugl
German: Glanznektarvogel, Glanznektarvogel [habessinicus-Gruppe]
English: Abyssinian Sunbird, Shining Sunbird, Shining Sunbird (Shining), Shining Sunbird [habessinicus], Shining Sunbird [nominate]
English, HBW: Shining Sunbird
English (IOC): Shining Sunbird (Shining)
English (United States): Shining Sunbird (Shining)
Esperanto: Brilverda sunbirdo
Spanish: Suimanga brillante, Suimanga Brillante (grupo habessinicus)
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga brillante (grupo habessinicus)
Finnish: hohtomedestäjä
French: Souimanga brillant, Souimanga brillant (habessinicus), Souimanga brillant [habessinicus], Souimanga brillant [nominal]
Croatian: ljubičastokapi medosas
Hungarian: fénylő nektármadár
Icelandic: Glitsóli [habessinicus hópur]
Italian: Nettarinia splendente
Japanese (romaji): teritaiyouchou (habessinicus guru-pu)
Japanese: テリタイヨウチョウ, テリタイヨウチョウ (habessinicus グループ), テリタイヨウチョウ（habessinicus グループ）
Scientific: Cinnyris habessinicus, Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus Group], Cinnyris habessinicus [habessinicus], Cinnyris habessinicus habessinicus, Nectarinia habessinica
Lithuanian: žvilgioji spalvingoji nektarina
Latvian: spožais nektārputns
Dutch: Glanshoningzuiger
Norwegian: Glanssolfugl, glanssolfugl (habessinicus gr.)
Polish: nektarnik epoletowy, nektarnik epoletowy [gr. habessinicus]
Portuguese: nectarínia-brilhante
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-brilhante, beija-flor-brilhante [grupo habessinicus]
Russian: Блестящая нектарница, Блестящая нектарница [группа habessinicus]
Slovak: nektárovka lesklá, nektárovka lesklá (skup.)
Serbian: Sjajna sunčica, Sjajna sunčica [habessinicus grupa]
Swedish: abessinsk solfågel, abessinsk solfågel [gruppen habessinicus]
Turkish: Habeş Nektarkuşu, Habeş nektarkuşu [habessinicus grubu]
Ukrainian: маріка блискотлива
Chinese: 辉花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 異彩花蜜鳥