Ornate Sunbird
Cinnyris ornatusLesson, RP, 1827
English (US) Ornate Sunbird
The Ornate Sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris ornatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Ornate Sunbird
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1827
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Cinnyris ornatus andamanicus
- Cinnyris ornatus proselius
- Cinnyris ornatus klossi
- Cinnyris ornatus blanfordi
- Cinnyris ornatus rhizophorae
- Cinnyris ornatus flammaxillaris
- Cinnyris ornatus ornatus
- Cinnyris ornatus polyclystus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1827
- Type locality
- Java (based on Temminck, 1823, PI. Col., pi. 138, figs. 1 and 2) .
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 39 p.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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