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Photo by Tom Tarrant
Ruhija, Uganda, January 2005
Cinnyris regius

Nectarinia regia
Cinnyris regia

Identification

Distribution

Western and eastern Africa:
West Africa: found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • C. r. regius:
  • Albertine Rift Mountains (eastern Zaire, south-western Uganda to Burundi; Mahare Mountains)
  • C. r. anderseni:
  • Western Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahale Highlands)

Habitat

Montane rainforest

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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