1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
SUN-BIRD, a name more or less in use for many years,1 and now generally accepted as that of a group of over 100 species of small birds, but when or by whom it was first applied is uncertain. Those known to the older naturalists were for a long while referred to the genus Certhia (TREE-CREEPER, q.v.) or some other group, but they are now fully recognized as forming a valid Passerine family Nectariniidae, from the name Nectar inia invented in 1881 by Illiger. They inhabit the Ethiopian, Indian, and Australian regions…
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