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Mouse-colored Sunbird

Cyanomitra verreauxii (Smith, A 1832)

The grey sunbird or mouse-coloured sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, and Tanzania. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Cyanomitra
Scientific:
  Cyanomitra verreauxii


Original description

Citation:
  (Smith, A 1832)

Reference:
   S. Afr. Quart. J. ser. 1, 1, pt. 5 p.13

Protonym:
  Cinnyris veroxii

Type locality:
  Cafferland [= eastern Cape Province, fide Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 702] .


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C1CBA33A8C3FE530

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C1CBA33A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C1CBA33A


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916403

Geographic range:

  • Cyanomitra verreauxii verreauxii: E Natal to e Cape Province
  • Cyanomitra verreauxii fischeri: S Somalia to e Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and n Natal
  • Cyanomitra verreauxii zanzibarica: Zanzibar
English:
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Catalan:
suimanga murí
Czech:
strdimil šedý
Danish:
Grå Solfugl
German:
Graunektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga Ratonil
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga Ratonil
Finnish:
tulitäplämedestäjä
French:
Souimanga murin
Croatian:
sivi medosas
Hungarian:
szürke nektármadár
Italian:
Nettarinia murina
Japanese (romaji):
nezumitaiyouchou
Japanese:
ネズミタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Pelinė gelsvoji nektarina
Dutch:
Grijze Honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråsolfugl
Norwegian:
Gråsolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik szary
Portuguese:
Beija-flor-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-cinzento
Russian:
Мышиная нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka sivá
Serbian:
Siva sunčica
Swedish:
grå solfågel
Ukrainian:
Нектарик сірий
Chinese:
灰褐花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
鼠灰花蜜鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Souimanga murin ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Souimanga murin ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Mouse-coloured Sunbird ( Cyanomitra verreauxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nectarinia veroxii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nectarinia veroxii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nectarinia veroxii [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Mouse-colored Sunbird ( Nectarinia veroxii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Grey Sunbird ( Cyanomitra veroxii) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanomitra veroxii [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanomitra veroxii [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Gryssuikerbekkie
Catalan: suimanga murí
Czech: Strdimil šedý
Danish: Grå Solfugl
German: Graunektarvogel, Grau-Nektarvogel
English: Gray Sunbird, Grey Sunbird, Mouse colored Sunbird, Mouse coloured Sunbird, Mouse-colored Sunbird, Mouse-coloured Sunbird
English (United Kingdom): Mouse-coloured Sunbird
English, HBW: Mouse-coloured Sunbird
English (IOC): Grey Sunbird
English (Kenya): Mouse-coloured Sunbird
English (United States): Mouse-colored Sunbird
English (South Africa): Grey Sunbird
Spanish: Nectarina Ratona, Suimanga Ratonil
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga Ratonil
Spanish (HBW): Mouse-colored Sunbird
Finnish: Tulitäplämedestäjä
French: Souimanga gris, Souimanga murin
Croatian: sivi medosas
Hungarian: szürke nektármadár
Italian: Nettarinia chiazzerosse, Nettarinia murina
Japanese (romaji): nezumitaiyouchou
Japanese: ネズミタイヨウチョウ
Scientific: Cinnyris veroxii, Cinnyris verroxi, Cyanomitra veroxii, Cyanomitra veroxii veroxii, Cyanomitra verreauxii, Cyanomitra verreauxii verreauxii, Nectarinia veroxii
Lithuanian: Pelinė gelsvoji nektarina
Dutch: Grijze Honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråsolfugl
Norwegian: Gråsolfugl
Polish: nektarnik szary
Portuguese: Beija-flor-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-cinzento
Russian: Мышиная нектарница
Slovak: nektárovka sivá
Serbian: Siva sunčica
Swedish: Grå solfågel
Swahili: Chozi Kijivu
Turkish: Fare grisi nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: Нектарик сірий
Chinese: 灰褐花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鼠灰花蜜鳥

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