Green-throated Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies rubescens
Photo © by volker sthamer
Buhoma, Uganda, January 2019

Chalcomitra rubescens

Nectarinia rubescens

Identification

12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)
Male

• Green crown
• Black band on forehead

Distribution

Africa
East Africa: found in Nigeria, Cameroon and Angola
West Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia
African Islands: Bioko

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]

• C. r. stangerii:

• Bioko Islands (Gulf of Guinea)

• C. r. crossensis:

• Nigeria and Cameroon

• C. r. rubescens:

• Central and southern Cameroon south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia, east to southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

Habitat

Forest edges and clearings, farms, plantations, village gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of nectar, small insects, pollen and small fruit.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

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

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