Anchieta's Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Valéry Schollaert
Mutinondo, Zambia, July 2008

Anthreptes anchietae

Identification

10–12 cm

• Brown upperparts
• Orange-red and yellow underparts

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi^[2]

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Miombo woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar and insects, supplemented with fruit.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Anchieta's Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Anchieta%27s_Sunbird

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