Cinnyris whytei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species: Cinnyris whytei
Subspecies: C. w. skye – C. w. whytei

Name

Cinnyris whytei Benson, 1948

• Holotype: BMNH 1939.2.25.48, adult ♂, 26 Dec 1937
• Type locality: Nyika Plateau, 10 miles southwest of Livingstonia, northern Nyasaland, 6000 ft.

Synonymy

• Cinnyris afer whytei (protonym)
• Cinnyris ludovicensis whytei Benson, 1948
• Nectarinia afra whytei (Benson, 1948)
• Nectarinia ludovicensis whytei (Benson, 1948)

References

Primary references

• Benson, C.W. 1948. A New Race of Sunbird from Nyasaland. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 69(2): p.19–20 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J., Kiure, J. & Kristensen, J.B. 2016. A new member of the greater double-collared sunbird complex (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa. Zootaxa 4175(1): 23–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Whyte's Double-collared Sunbird
español: Suimanga de Whyte
français: Souimanga du Malawi

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