Green Sunbird

SCI Name:  Anthreptes rectirostris
Protonym:  Certhia rectirostris Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 8 pt1 p.246
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Anthreptes
Taxonomy Code:  gresun1
Type Locality:  amended to Ashanti, Gold Coast, by Bannerman, 1948, Birds Trop. West Africa, 6, p. 242.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1812
IUCN Status:  

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.

rectirostra / rectirostris
L. rectus  straight  < regere  to guide; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Soui-manga à bec droit” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Anthreptes).

SUBSPECIES

Green Sunbird (Yellow-throated)
SCI Name: Anthreptes rectirostris rectirostris
rectirostra / rectirostris
L. rectus  straight  < regere  to guide; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Soui-manga à bec droit” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Anthreptes).

Green Sunbird (Gray-throated)
SCI Name: Anthreptes rectirostris tephrolaemus
tephrolaema / tephrolaemus
Gr. τεφρος tephros  ash-coloured  < τεφρα tephra  ashes; λαιμος laimos  throat.