Carmelite Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Chalcomitra fuliginosa

Nectarinia fuliginosa

Distribution

Western Africa: found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

This is one of the seven Sunbirds that have recently been moved into the genus Chalcomitra from the genus Nectarinia.

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• C. f. aurea:

• Sierra Leone to Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon and coastal Gabon

• C. f. fuliginosa:

• Lower Congo River (southern Zaire) to western Angola

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Carmelite Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Carmelite_Sunbird

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