Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Cinnyris
Scientific:
  Cinnyris ornatus

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Original description

Citation:
  Lesson, RP 1827

Reference:
   Dict. Sci. Nat. [Levrault] 39 p.15

Protonym:
  Cinnyris ornatus

Type locality:
  Java (based on Temminck, 1823, PI. Col., pi. 138, figs. 1 and 2) .

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81589#page/21/mode/1up

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Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8885A375CCE9C092

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8885A375

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8885A375

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Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 921828

Geographic range:

• Cinnyris ornatus ornatus: southern Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas, and adjacent islands
• Cinnyris ornatus polyclystus: Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)
• Cinnyris ornatus andamanicus: Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal)
• Cinnyris ornatus [klossi or blanfordi]: northern Nicobar Islands (Bay of Bengal)
• Cinnyris ornatus proselius: Car Nicobar Island (Bay of Bengal)
• Cinnyris ornatus flammaxillaris: Myanmar to Thailand, Cambodia and northern Malay Peninsula (south to Penang)
• Cinnyris ornatus rhizophorae: southern China (southern Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan) and northern Vietnam
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