Purple Sunbird

Summary

Purple Sunbird is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month, #1,489 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Purple Sunbird's video is recorded as Sunbird singing 01.webm^[3].
• Purple Sunbird's image is recorded as Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica)- Male (Breeding) on Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) in Kolkata I IMG 1893.jpg^[4].
• Purple Sunbird's image is recorded as Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus) male non-breeding.jpg^[5].
• Purple Sunbird's image is recorded as Purple Sunbird in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg^[6].
• Purple Sunbird's instance of is recorded as taxon^[7].
• Purple Sunbird's audio is recorded as Purple sunbird.wav^[8].
• Purple Sunbird's taxon rank is recorded as species^[9].
• Purple Sunbird's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[10].
• Purple Sunbird's parent taxon is recorded as Cinnyris^[11].
• Purple Sunbird's parent taxon is recorded as passerines^[12].
• Purple Sunbird's taxon name is recorded as Cinnyris asiaticus^[13].
• Purple Sunbird's Commons category is recorded as Cinnyris asiaticus^[14].
• Purple Sunbird's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Vj18081991-जांभळा सूर्यपक्षी.wav^[15].
• Purple Sunbird's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22717855^[16].
• Purple Sunbird's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x4yg^[17].
• Purple Sunbird's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1333522^[18].
• Purple Sunbird's ITIS TSN is recorded as 916460^[19].
• Purple Sunbird's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7340608^[20].
• Purple Sunbird's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cinnyris asiaticus^[21].
• Purple Sunbird's Commons gallery is recorded as Cinnyris asiaticus^[22].
• Purple Sunbird's original combination is recorded as Certhia asiatica^[23].
• Purple Sunbird's taxon synonym is recorded as Nectarinia asiatica^[24].
• Purple Sunbird's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. asiaticus'}^[25].
• Purple Sunbird's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple Sunbird'}^[26].
• Purple Sunbird's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Suimanga asiático'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Purple Sunbird ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month, #1,489 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]