Avibase: Aethopyga saturata assamensis (Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis))

Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis)

Aethopyga saturata assamensis (Horsfield, T 1840)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Aethopyga
Scientific:
  Aethopyga saturata assamensis

Original description

Citation:
(Horsfield, T 1840)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.7, no.82 p.167

Imprint year:
1839

Protonym:
Cinnyris assamensis

Type locality:
Assam. restricted to neighborhood of Sadiya, Sadiya Frontier Tract, Assam, India, by Deignan, 1948, Journ, Washington Acad. Sci., 38, p. 22.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/697/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
755DB2727C17C6B3

Avibase ID:
avibase-755DB272

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/755DB272

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 921878

Geographic range:

Aethopyga saturata assamensis: Bangladesh to Assam, northern Myanmar, and southwestern China (western Yunnan)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis)
French:
Souimanga sombre (assamensis)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-throated Sunbird (assamensis) ( Aethopyga saturata assamensis)
Avilist 2025: Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aethopyga saturata assamensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Aethopyga saturata [saturata]

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