Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Namakwasuikerbekkie
Common Names in English:
Dusky Sunbird
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,012 meters (0 to 9,882 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Family:
London: Published by the author, 1876-1880.
()
- Genus:
Cinnyris
()
- Cuvier 1816
- Specific name:
fuscus
- (Vieillot) 1819
- Scientific name: - Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot 1819 (Vieillot) 1819
- Specific name:
fuscus
- (Vieillot) 1819
- Genus:
Cinnyris
(
- Family:
London: Published by the author, 1876-1880.
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Cinnyris Fusca
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cinnyris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. afer (Greater Doublecollared Sunbird) · C. bifasciata (Purplebanded Sunbird) · C. chalybeus (Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird) · C. congensis (Congo Sunbird) · C. cupreus (Coppery Sunbird) · C. erythrocercus (Red-Chested Sunbird) · C. fuscus (Dusky Sunbird) · C. habessinica (Shining Sunbird) · C. jugularis (Olive-Backed Sunbird) · C. loveridgei (Loveridge's Sunbird) · C. manoensis (Miombo Doublecollared Sunbird) · C. mariquensis (Marico Sunbird) · C. mediocris (Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird) · C. moreaui (Moreau's Sunbird) · C. nectarinioides (Black-Bellied Sunbird) · C. neergaardi (Neergaard's Sunbird) · C. oustaleti (Oustalet's Sunbird) · C. pembae (Pemba Sunbird) · C. regius (Regal Sunbird) · C. rockefelleri (Rockfeller's Sunbird) · C. rufipennis (Rufous-Winged Sunbird) · C. shelleyi (Shelley's Sunbird) · C. stuhlmanni (Rwenzori Double-Collared Sunbird) · C. talatala (Whitebellied Sunbird) · C. tsavoensis (Tsavo Sunbird) · C. ursulae (Ursula's Sunbird) · C. venustus (Yellowbellied Sunbird)
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Further Reading
- A monograph of the Nectariniidae, or, Family of sun-birds / London: Published by the author, 1876-1880. url , p. 285, p. 288, p. lxiv, p. l
- Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 25.
- Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 25.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 9.
- Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies. Calcutta: s.n., 1872-1899. url p. 273.
- The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 18.
- The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 115, p. 59.
- The birds of South Africa / by Edgar Leopold Layard. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1875-1884. url p. 317, p. 832.
- The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 279, p. 290.
- vii, dates of publication xiii, p. xli.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6592
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13810039
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2319282
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,103.350 meters (3,619.915 feet), Standard Deviation = 209.980 based on 1,403 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
