Anthreptes

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Anthreptes
Plain-throated Sunbird.jpg
Brown-throated sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Anthreptes
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Cinnyris javanica [1]
Swainson, 1832
Species

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Anthreptes is a genus of passerine birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

Contents

These small birds are found in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Greater Sunda Islands, the Philippines and western Wallacea. Most species show marked sexual dichromatism with the male having more brightly coloured plumage. [2]

Taxonomy

The genus Anthreptes was introduced in 1832 by the English zoologist William Swainson with Cynniris javanica Swainson as the type species and only species in the genus. [3] The name Cynniris javanica is a junior synonym of Certhia malacensis that had been introduced in 1786 by Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ανθος/anthos meaning "flower" or "blossom" with θρεπτης/threptēs meaning "feeder". [5]

Species

The genus contains 15 species: [6]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Flickr - Rainbirder - Plain-backed Sunbird male (Anthreptes reichenowi).jpg Plain-backed sunbird Anthreptes reichenowiKenya and north-eastern Tanzania
Anthreptes anchietae, Cuchi, Birding Weto, a.jpg Anchieta's sunbird Anthreptes anchietaeAngola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia
Plain Sunbird.tif Plain sunbird Anthreptes simplexBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Plain-throated Sunbird.jpg Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensisMyanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines.
Grey-throated Sunbird, female, Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon, Philippines.jpg Grey-throated sunbird Anthreptes griseigularisPhilippines.
Anthreptes rhodolaemus 252216887.jpg Red-throated sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemusBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Flickr - Rainbirder - Mouse-brown Sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus).jpg Mangrove sunbird Anthreptes gabonicusSenegal to northwestern Angola.
Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Sakania, DRC (12044306845).jpg Western violet-backed sunbird Anthreptes longuemareisub-Saharan Africa
Anthreptes orientalis.jpg Eastern violet-backed sunbird Anthreptes orientalisDjibouti in north to Tanzania
Uluguru violet-backed sunbird Anthreptes neglectuseastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and north-eastern Mozambique.
Violet-tailed Sunbird iNaturalist.jpg Violet-tailed sunbird Anthreptes aurantiusAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
Little green sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi kruensis) 3 (cropped).jpg Little green sunbird Anthreptes seimundiAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Anthreptes rectirostris 247962434.jpg Yellow-chinned sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris [7] Sierra Leone to Ghana.
Grey-chinned sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus [7] Nigeria to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Bioko.
Banded green sunbird Anthreptes rubritorquesTanzania.

References

  1. ↑ "Nectariniidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ↑ Cheke, R.A.; Mann, C.F. (2008). "Family Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)" . In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 196-321 [197]. ISBN   978-84-96553-45-3.
  3. ↑ Swainson, William; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Vol. 2: The Birds. London: J. Murray (published 1832). pp. 495–496. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was not published until 1832. See: Browning, M. Ralph; Monroe, Burt L. (1991). "Clarifications and corrections of the dates of issue of some publications containing descriptions of North American birds". Archives of Natural History. 18 (3): 381-405 [392]. doi:10.3366/anh.1991.18.3.381.
  4. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 209.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Anthreptes". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-27.


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