Violet-chested Hummingbird Sternoclyta cyanopectus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Iris Heynen and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2013
Text last updated February 26, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de pit violaci |
| Czech | kolibřík fialovoprsý |
| Dutch | Paarsborstkolibrie |
| English | Violet-chested Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Violet-chested Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri à poitrine violette |
| French (France) | Colibri à poitrine violette |
| German | Veilchenbrustkolibri |
| Japanese | スミレムネハチドリ |
| Norwegian | skjoldkolibri |
| Polish | fiołkowik |
| Russian | Лиловогрудый колибри |
| Serbian | Ljubičastogrudi kolibri |
| Slovak | medovec blyskáč |
| Spanish | Colibrí Pechiazul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí pechiazul |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Colibrí Pechiazul |
| Swedish | violbröstad kolibri |
| Turkish | Menekşe Gerdanlı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі аметистововолий |
Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus (Lampornis) cyanopectus
Gould, 1846. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 14, no.164, p. 88.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Venezuela; type from Neiguata Plantation, near Camburi Grande, La Guaira.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNOCLYTA
- cyanopecta / cyanopectus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Violet-chested Hummingbird
