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Lovely Sunbird (bella)
Aethopyga bella bella Tweeddale, A 1877
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Nectariniidae
Genus:
Aethopyga
Scientific:
Aethopyga bella bella
Original description
Citation:
Tweeddale, A 1877
Reference:
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser.4, vol.20, no.120 p.537
Protonym:
Aethopyga bella
Type locality:
Surigao, northern Mindanao.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53474#page/551/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3F967F72DA62BD22
Avibase ID:
avibase-3F967F72
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3F967F72
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 921856
Geographic range:
- Aethopyga bella bella: east-central and southern Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, Siargao, and Mindanao)
Source: Clements checklist
Lovely Sunbird (bella)
French:
Souimanga oreillard (bella)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lovely Sunbird (bella) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lovely Sunbird (bella) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lovely Sunbird (bella) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Lovely Sunbird (bella) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lovely Sunbird (nominate) ( Aethopyga bella bella) |
| Avilist 2025: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Aethopyga shelleyi bella [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aethopyga bella bella [version 1] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Lovely Sunbird (bella), Lovely Sunbird (nominal form), Lovely Sunbird (nominate)
French: Souimanga oreillard (bella), Souimanga oreillard (nominal), Souimanga oreillard (nominale), Souimanga oreillard (race nominale)
Scientific: Aethopyga bella, Aethopyga bella bella, Aethopyga shelleyi bella
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