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Cinnyris

  • Cinnyris

    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'.

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