Nectariniidae

Belongs within: Passerida.
Contains: Arachnothera, Aethopyga, Anthreptes, Nectarinia, Cinnyris.

The Nectariniidae, sunbirds, are a family of small, slender, nectarivorous and/or insectivorous birds with more or less long, decurved bills found in warmer regions of the Old World.

<==Nectariniidae [Cinnyrididae]
    |--‘Hypogramma’ Reichenbach 1853 non Guenée 1852BKB15, B94 [Hypogrammatinae]
    |    `--H. hypogrammicumBKB15
    `--+--ArachnotheraBKB15
       `--+--Chalcoparia Cabanis 1851JF06, B94 [Chalcopariidae]
          |    `--C. singalensisJF06 (see below for synonymy)
          `--+--LeptocomaBKB15
             |    |--L. aspasia [=Nectarinia aspasia]JF06
             |    |    |--L. a. aspasiaR02
             |    |    `--‘Nectarinia’ a. sangirensisR02
             |    |--L. braziliana (Gmelin 1788) [=Certhia braziliana; incl. Nectarinia hasseltii, N. phayrei Blyth 1843]W66
             |    |--L. calcostethaAP21
             |    |--L. minimaAP21
             |    |--L. sericeaBKB15 [=Nectarinia sericeaJF06]
             |    |--L. sperataBKB15 [=Nectarinia sperataJF06]
             |    `--L. zeylonicaAP21
             `--+--AethopygaBKB15
                `--+--AnthreptesBKB15
                   `--+--CyanomitraBKB15
                      |    |  i. s.: C. alinaeAP21 [=Nectarinia alinaeJF06]
                      |    |         C. bannermaniAP21
                      |    |         C. cyanolaemaAP21 [=Nectarinia cyanolaemaJF06]
                      |    |         C. veroxiiAP21
                      |    |         C. verticalisAP21 [=Nectarinia verticalisJF06]
                      |    |--C. oritisBKB15 [=Nectarinia oritisJF06]
                      |    `--+--C. obscuraBKB15
                      |       |--C. olivaceaBKB15 [=Nectarinia olivaceaJF06]
                      |       `--NectariniaJF06
                      `--+--+--CinnyrisBKB15
                         |  `--HedydipnaBKB15
                         |       |--H. collarisBKB15 [=Anthreptes collarisJF06]
                         |       |--H. metallicaAP21
                         |       |--H. pallidigasterAP21
                         |       `--H. platuraAP21 [=Anthreptes platurusJF06]
                         `--+--DeleornisBKB15
                            |    |--D. axillarisAP21
                            |    `--D. fraseriBKB15 [=Anthreptes fraseriJF06]
                            `--Chalcomitra Reichenbach 1853BKB15, B94
                                 |  i. s.: C. amethystinaAP21
                                 |         C. balfouriAP21 [=Nectarinia balfouriJF06]
                                 |         C. fuliginosaAP21
                                 |         C. hunteriAP21
                                 |--C. senegalensisBKB15 [=Nectarinia senegalensisJF06]
                                 |    |--C. s. senegalensisS05
                                 |    `--‘Nectarinia’ s. cruentata Rüppell 1845 [incl. Cinnyris proteus Rüppell 1840]S05
                                 `--+--C. adelbertiBKB15 [=Nectarinia adelbertiJF06]
                                    `--C. rubescens [=Nectarinia rubescens]JF06

Nectariniidae incertae sedis:
  ArachnethraW66
    |--*A. lotenia [=Certhia lotenia]W66
    |--A. asiaticaW66
    |--A. flammaxillaris (Blyth 1845) [=Nectarinia flammaxillaris]W66
    |--A. frenataW66 [=Chrysostomus frenatusW66, Cinnyris frenataW66, Nectarinia jugularis frenataW66, J06]
    |--A. pectoralis [=Nectarinia pectoralis, Chrysostomus pectoralis; incl. N. eximia]W66
    `--A. zenobia [=Nectarinia zenobia]W66
  AnabathmisAP21
    |--A. hartlaubiiAP21
    |--A. newtoniiAP21
    `--A. reichenbachiiAP21 [=Nectarinia reichenbachiiJF06]
  Dreptes thomensisAP21 [=Nectarinia thomensisJF06]
  Anthobaphes violaceaAP21 [=Nectarinia violaceaJF06]
  Drepanorhynchus reichenowiAP21