Flame-breasted Sunbird
Cinnyris solaris(Temminck, CJ, 1825)
English (US) Flame-breasted Sunbird
The Flame-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris solaris) 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 solaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Flame-breasted Sunbird
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cinnyris solaris exquisitus
- Cinnyris solaris solaris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia Solaris
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
- Type locality
- Amboine ; error = Timor, see Hartert, 1904, Novit. Zool., 11, p. 214.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.58, vol.4 pl.347 fig.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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