Purple-naped sunbird

The purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the only species in the genus Kurochkinegramma. It is found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

"Hypogramma" redirects here. For the noctuid moth genus, see Coenipeta.

Purple-naped sunbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Kurochkinegramma
Kashain, 1978
Species:
K. hypogrammicum
Binomial name
Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
(Müller S., 1843)

A study published in 2011 appeared to show that the purple-naped sunbird was phylogenetically nested within the genus Arachnothera.[2] A subsequent 2017 study, conducted by some of the same authors and using additional sequence data, found that the purple-naped sunbird occupied a basal position to Arachnothera.[3] It was formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma until it was realised that the name was preoccupied within Lepidoptera.[4][5][6]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hypogramma hypogrammicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Moyle, R.G.; Taylor, S.S.; Oliveros, C.H.; Lim, H.C.; Haines, C.L.; Rahman, M.A.; Sheldon, F.H. (2011). "Diversification of an endemic Southeast Asian genus: phylogenetic relationships of the spiderhunters (Nectariniidae: Arachnothera)". The Auk. 128 (4): 777–788. doi:10.1525/auk.2011.11019.
  3. Campillo, L.C.; Oliveros, C.H.; Sheldon, F.H.; Moyle, R.G. (2017). "Genomic data resolve gene tree discordance in spiderhunters (Nectariniidae, Arachnothera)". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 120: 151–157. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.011.
  4. Gregory, S.M.S.; Dickinson, E.C. (2012). "An assessment of three little-noticed papers on avian nomenclature by G. N. Kashin during 1978-1982". Zootaxa. 3340: 44–58.
  5. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.


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