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Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus (Linnaeus, C 1766)
The beautiful sunbird is a sunbird. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in the east. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Nectariniidae
Genus:
Cinnyris
Scientific:
Cinnyris pulchellus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Nectariniidae
Genus:
Cinnyris
Scientific:
Cinnyris pulchellus
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Certhia pulchella
Type locality:
Senegal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/191/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
718A3B70D9719301
Avibase ID:
avibase-718A3B70
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/718A3B70
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916435
Geographic range:
- Cinnyris pulchellus: Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau eastward to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, southward to Sierra Leone, central Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, extreme northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and northwestern Kenya
Source: Clements checklist
Beautiful Sunbird
German:
Elfennektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga colilargo sudanés
French:
Souimanga à longue queue
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Beautiful Sunbird (pulchellus) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Beautiful Sunbird (nominate) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful) ( Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Beautiful Sunbird ( Cinnyris pulchellus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Cinnyris [pulchellus or melanogastrus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Czech: strdimil nádherný (ssp. pulchellus)
German: Elfennektarvogel, Elfen-Nektarvogel, Elfennektarvogel (pulchellus)
English: Asben Beautiful Sunbird, Beautiful sunbird, Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful), Beautiful Sunbird (nominal form), Beautiful Sunbird (nominate), Beautiful Sunbird (pulchellus)
English, HBW: Beautiful Sunbird
English (IOC): Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful)
English (United States): Beautiful Sunbird (Beautiful)
Spanish: Suimanga Colilargo (pulchellus), Suimanga colilargo sudanés
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga colilargo (pulchellus)
French: Souimanga à longue queue, Souimanga à longue queue (nominal), Souimanga à longue queue (nominale), Souimanga à longue queue (pulchellus), Souimanga à longue queue (race nominale)
Japanese (romaji): utsukushionagataiyouchou (pulchellus)
Japanese: ウツクシオナガタイヨウチョウ (pulchellus), ウツクシオナガタイヨウチョウ（pulchellus）
Scientific: Certhia pulchella, Cinnyris pulchella pulchella, Cinnyris pulchellus, Cinnyris pulchellus aeger, Cinnyris pulchellus algra, Cinnyris pulchellus lucidipectus, Cinnyris pulchellus pulchellus, Nectarinia pulchella aegra, Nectarinia pulchella lucidipectus, Nectarinia pulchella pulchella
Norwegian: fagersolfugl (pulchellus)
Polish: nektarnik piękny (pulchellus)
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-rabilongo (pulchellus)
Russian: Красивая нектарница (pulchellus)
Slovak: nektárovka nádherná, nektárovka nádherná (skup.)
Swedish: smyckesolfågel (pulchellus)
Turkish: Uzun kuyruklu nektarkuşu (pulchellus)
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