Red-chested Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by andy wilkes
Sessi Islands, Uganda

Cinnyris erythrocercus

Nectarinia erythrocerca

Distribution

Africa: found from South Sudan to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, southwestern Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania

Taxonomy

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

This is a monotypic species^[1] and is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia.

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) Red-chested Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-chested_Sunbird

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