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Purple Sunbird

species of bird
Taxon Taxon Q1797393

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
C. asiaticus[9]
Egg incubation period
+14[26]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+1.7[25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
Original combination
Certhia asiatica[7]
Parent taxon
Cinnyris, passerines[4][5]
Taxon common name
Purple Sunbird, Suimanga asiático, Purpurnektarvogel, Souimanga asiatique, Nettarinia purpurea, Purperhoningzuiger, Purpursolfugl, Purpursolfugl, Пурпуровая нектарница, ムラサキタイヨウチョウ, นกกินปลีดำม่วง, suimanga metàl·lic, strdimil fialový, purpursolfågel, purppuramedestäjä, bíbor nektármadár, nektarnik stalowy, nektárovka ligotavá, beija-flor-púrpura, azijinė spalvingoji nektarina, purpura nektārputns, маріка пурпурова, Grianóg chorcra, purpurni medosas, 紫花蜜鸟, nectarínia-asiática, Suimanga Asiático[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Taxon name
Cinnyris asiaticus[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
Taxon synonym
Nectarinia asiatica[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cinnyris asiaticus en Purple Sunbird en Nectarinia asiatica ar تمير آسيوي cs strdimil fialový da Purpursolfugl de Purpurnektarvogel de Cinnyris asiaticus es Suimanga asiático fa شهدخوار fi purppuramedestäjä fr Souimanga asiatique fr Souïmanga asiatique he צופית סגולה אסיאתית hu Cinnyris asiaticus hu bíbor nektármadár hu Nectarinia asiatica it Nettarinia purpurea ja ムラサキタイヨウチョウ nl Cinnyris asiaticus
🔖 Identifiers · 24
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Purple Sunbird Male, Bangalore, India.jpeg ↗
Avibase taxon ID
E9BCF7640544FC7C
BOLD Systems taxon ID
745493
BirdLife taxon ID
22717855
Birds of India ID
1357
Catalogue of Life ID
5Z766
EBird taxon ID
pursun4
Freebase ID
/m/02x4yg
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
7340608
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
purpursolfugl
INaturalist taxon ID
145193
ITIS TSN
916460
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IUCN taxon ID
22717855
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
279558
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778301736
NBIC scientific name ID
184606
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0020789079
NCBI taxonomy ID
1333522
Observation.org taxon ID
77804
Oiseaux.net ID
souimanga.asiatique
Topic's main category
Category:Cinnyris asiaticus
UMLS CUI
C0326743
Xeno-canto species ID
Cinnyris-asiaticus
Yale LUX ID
concept/31dddca5-ec94-4ead-8ee9-7c52c1646f78

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🔗 Connections
Parent taxon 2
passerines, Cinnyris
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Purple Sunbird is a taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1571 (mar)-Vj18081991-जांभळा सूर्यपक्षी.wav, LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-সেন্দূৰীপিঠীয়া মৌ-পিয়া.w
    "Created claim: Pronunciation audio: LL-Q29401 (asm)-বিকাশ দিহিঙ্গীয়া-সেন্দূৰীপিঠীয়া মৌ-পিয়া.wav"
  2. 16w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Purple Sunbird Male, Bangalore, India.jpeg, Purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus) male non-breed, Purple Sunbird in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.
    "Changed claim: Image: Purple Sunbird Male, Bangalore, India.jpeg"
  3. 23w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IUCN conservation status → least concern
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon synonym → Nectarinia asiatica
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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