Anchieta’s Sunbird / Anthreptes anchietae
WBN 
Anchieta's Sunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Nectarinia anchietae J.Sci.Math.Phys.Nat.Lisboa(1), 6 p.208
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code: ancsun1
Type Locality: Caconda, ''in the interior of Benguella'' [= Huila] , Angola.
Author: Bocage
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTHREPTES
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Brown-throated Sunbird A. malacensis) Gr. ανθος anthos flower, blossom; θρεπτης threptēs feeder < τρεφω trephō to rear; "Genus, ANTHREPTES. Bill slender, attenuated, minutely crenated; the base of the under mandible strong, and not having the margin hid by that of the upper mandible. Wings rounded. Tail even. Inner toe shorter than the external toe. Type. — Cynniris Javanica. ZOOL. ILLUSTR., iii. pl. 121" (Swainson 1832); "Anthreptes Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 2 (1831), p. 495. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cinnyris javanica Swainson = Certhia malacensis Scopoli." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 209).
Var. Anthothreptes, Anthreptus, Anthotreptes, Anthorheptes, Authreptes.
Synon. Arachnophila, Euchloridia, Gunningia, Lamprothreptes, Mangusia, Paradeleornis, Rhizophorornis, Tephrolaema.
anchietae
José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta (1832-1897) Portuguese explorer, naturalist, collector in Angola and Mozambique (Anthreptes, subsp. Bocagia minuta, syn. Chaetops pycnopygius, syn. Hirundo smithii, syn. Neafrapus boehmi, subsp. Rhinopomastus aterrimus, Stactolaema).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
