Gray-hooded Sunbird

SCI Name:  Aethopyga primigenia
Protonym:  Philippinia primigenius Bull.Biogeogr.Soc.Japan 11 p.6 {note: ? Mayr shows, p.2}
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Aethopyga
Taxonomy Code:  gyhsun2
Type Locality:  Galog, 4,000 feet, Mt. Apo, Mindanao.
Author:  Hachisuka
Publish Year:  1941
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AETHOPYGA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Crimson Sunbird A. siparaja) Gr. αιθος aithos  fire, burning heat; πυγη pugē  rump; "Gen. AETHOPYGA nov. gen. **) Feuerhonigsauger.   562.  1. A. siparaja Nob. —  ***)  Certhia siparaja Raffl. Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 299.  Nectarinia mystacalis Temm. Pl. col. 126. fig. 3.   ...   563.  2. A. eximia Nob.— Nectarinia eximia Horsf. (nec Temm.) Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. p. 181. Nectarinia Kuhlii Temm. Pl. col. 376. fig. 1. 2.   ...   564.  3. A. nipalensis Nob. — Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgs. Jnd. Rev. 1837. p. 273. — Nectarinia nipalensis Jard. Sun Birds tab. 27.   ...   **) Von αιθος, feuerfarbig und πυγη, Steiss    Mit mittelmässigem, etwas hakig gekrümmtem Schnabel und verlängerten mittlern Schwanzfedern; Gefieder brennend gefärbt.    ***) Der auf Borneo und Malacca vorkommende, mit siparaja identificirte Vogel ist verschieden: A. eupogon n. sp.   ...   Als Arten gehören ferner hierher:  1. A. miles. — Cinnyris miles Hodgs. — 2. A. goalpariensis. — Nect. goalpariensis Jard. — 3. A. ignicauda. — Cinnyris ignicauda Hodgs. — 4. A. saturata. — Cinnyris saturata Hodgs; N. Hodgsonii Jard. — 5. A. Gouldae. — Nectarinia Gouldae Vig. — 6. A. Horsfieldi. — Nectarinia Horsfieldii Blyth. — 7. A. Temminckii. — Nectarinia Temminckii Müll." (Cabanis 1853); "Aethopyga Cabanis, 1851 [=1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 103. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 19), Certhia siparaja Raffles." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 270).
Var. Aithopyga.
Synon. Duyvena, Eudrepanis, Philippinia, Urodrepanis.

aethopyga / aethopygus
Gr. αιθος aithos  fire, burning heat; -πυγος -pugos  -rumped  < πυγη pugē  rump.

primigenia / primigenius
L. primigenius  primitive  < primus  very first, foremost  < super. prior, prius  first; genere an old form of gignere  to beget.
● “The present genus [Philippinia] shows a link between Aethopyga and Cinnyris, and it may be looked upon as a primitive type of Aethopyga without long tail-feathers and practically no metallic tinge” (Hachisuka 1941) (Aethopyga).

SUBSPECIES

Gray-hooded Sunbird (primigenia)
SCI Name: Aethopyga primigenia primigenia
primigenia / primigenius
L. primigenius  primitive  < primus  very first, foremost  < super. prior, prius  first; genere an old form of gignere  to beget.
● “The present genus [Philippinia] shows a link between Aethopyga and Cinnyris, and it may be looked upon as a primitive type of Aethopyga without long tail-feathers and practically no metallic tinge” (Hachisuka 1941) (Aethopyga).

Gray-hooded Sunbird (diuatae)
SCI Name: Aethopyga primigenia diuatae
diuatae
Diuata Mts., Agusan Province, Mindanao, Philippines.