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(Redirected from Nectarinia bifasciata) Species of bird

Purple-banded sunbird
A male at Ngwenya Resort, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species: C. bifasciatus
Binomial name
Cinnyris bifasciatus
(Shaw, 1812)
Synonyms

Nectarinia bifasciata

The purple-banded sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Tsavo sunbird, sometimes lumped with the purple-banded, is here considered a separate species.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris bifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103801419A94562143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103801419A94562143.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Cinnyris bifasciatus


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