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Photo © by Mark Harper
Conda, Angola, 06 September, 2024

Alternative name: Montane Double-collared Sunbird
Includes Whyte's Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris ludovicensis

Nectarinia ludovicensis

Identification

Distribution

Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

This is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia

Subspecies

Clements recognizes three subspecies[1].

  • C. l. ludovicensis in the montane forests of west Angola
  • C. l. whytei in northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau) and adjacent northeastern Zambia
  • C. l. skye in east central Tanzania (Rubeho and Udzungwa Highlands)

Subspecies whytei and skye are split by IOC[2] as Whyte's Double-collared Sunbird (C. whytei).

Habitat

Mountains

Behaviour

Diet

Diet consists mainly of nectar, but takes some fruit and, especially when feeding young, insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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