The western violet-backed sunbird or Longuemare's sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the most widely ranging species in the violet-backed sunbird superspecies, ranging throughout a large part of tropical mainland sub-Saharan Africa not inhabited by other members of the superspecies. It is mainly found in regions with mesic woodland. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Lesson, RP 1831)
Reference:
Ill. Zoologie [Lesson]
livr.8 textpl.23
Imprint year:
1831
Protonym:
Cinnyris longuemarei
Type locality:
'Senegambia superior.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91260#page/123/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
857DCDD5EE9607F3
Avibase ID:
avibase-857DCDD5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/857DCDD5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558620
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Souimanga violet ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Souimanga violet ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Anthreptes longuemarei [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Anthreptes longuemarei [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Anthreptes longuemarei [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Western Violet-backed Sunbird ( Anthreptes longuemarei) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Anthreptes longuemarei [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Anthreptes longuemarei [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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