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Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.

1/ Purple sunbird (Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

2/ Garden sunbird (Hút mật họng tím, Cinnyris jugularis)
previously known as the olive-backed sunbird.
The specific name jugularis is Medieval Latin for 'of the throat'.

Purple sunbird 
(Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
The bird is found in parts of the Arabian peninsula and South and Southeast Asia. 

The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.