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Chalcomitra amethystina  (Shaw, 1812)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 916407

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Nectarinia amethystina (Shaw, 1812)
  
  Common Name(s): Amethyst Sunbird [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyNectariniidae Vigors, 1825  
                               GenusChalcomitra Reichenbach, 1853  
                                  SpeciesChalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812) – Amethyst Sunbird  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina adjuncta (Clancey, 1975)  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina amethystina (Shaw, 1812)  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina deminuta Cabanis, 1880  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina doggetti (Sharpe, 1902)  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina kalckreuthi (Cabanis, 1878)  
                                     SubspeciesChalcomitra amethystina kirkii (Shelley, 1876)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.12.26, website (version 26-Dec-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Chalcomitra amethystina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliot, and David Christie, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Penduline-tits to Shrikes   
  Page(s): 879   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-45   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chalcomitra amethystina, Amethyst Sunbird [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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