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Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.

1/ Purple sunbird (Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

2/ Garden sunbird (Hút mật họng tím, Cinnyris jugularis)
previously known as the olive-backed sunbird.
The specific name jugularis is Medieval Latin for 'of the throat'.

3/ Ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)

Ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)

The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

The ornate sunbird is resident in Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.
The specific epithet is Latin meaning "ornate" or "adorned".

Purple sunbird 
(Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
The bird is found in parts of the Arabian peninsula and South and Southeast Asia. 

The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.