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(Redirected from Nectarinia seimundi) Species of bird

Little green sunbird
A. s. kruensis
Ghana
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: Anthreptes
Species: A. seimundi
Binomial name
Anthreptes seimundi
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1908)
Synonyms

Nectarinia seimundi

The little green sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi), also called Seimund's sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.

Description

The little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and warbler-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird. It is 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) long. The beak is slightly curved and has a small amount of pink. Around the eye is a pale ring. Its cry is high pitched.

Name

The little green sunbird's binomial classification Anthreptes seimundi comes from its genus and Eibert Carl Henry Seimund, a British Taxidermist.

Subspecies

  • A. s. seimundi: Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
  • A. s. kruensis: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana and Togo.
  • 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.

Gallery

  • Little green sunbird (A. s. kruensis) composite Little green sunbird (A. s. kruensis) composite

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Anthreptes seimundi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717683A131977855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717683A131977855.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Little Green Sunbird - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  3. ^ Oiseaux.net. "Souimanga de Seimund - Anthreptes seimundi - Little Green Sunbird". www.oiseaux.net. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  4. Cheke, Robert; Mann, Clive (2020). "Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.ligsun2.01. S2CID 216404388.
Taxon identifiers
Anthreptes seimundi


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