Little Green Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Seimund's Sunbird

Photo by MarcellC
Kibale Forest, Uganda, August 2010

Anthreptes seimundi

Nectarinia seimundi

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

This species was recently moved from the genus Nectarinia to the genus Anthreptes.

Subspecies^[2]

There are 3 subspecies:

• A. s. kruensis:

• Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana and Togo

• A. s. seimundi:

• Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)

• A. s. minor:

• Southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda, south to northern Angola and central Democratic Republic of the Congo

An additional subspecies traylori is generally considered invalid^[1].

Habitat

Forest edges.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Green Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Green_Sunbird

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