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Red-chested sunbird

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Species of bird

Red-chested sunbird
Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
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. erythrocercus
Binomial name
Cinnyris erythrocercus
(Hartlaub, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nectarinia erythrocerca Hartlaub, 1857
  • Cinnyris mariquensis kiwuensis Berger, 1907
  • Nectarinia mariquensis kiwuensis (Berger, 1907)
  • Nectarinia adolfifriederici Reichenow, 1908
  • Nectarinia erythrocerca adolfi-friederici (Reichenow, 1908)

The red-chested sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-chested sunbird was originally described as Nectarinia erythrocercus by Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 based on specimens collected near the White Nile.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Cinnyris erythrocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717994A131981463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717994A131981463.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Cinnyris erythrocercus (Red-chested Sunbird)". Avibase. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. Hartlaub, Gustav (1857). System der Ornithologie Westafrica's (in German). Bremen: C. Schünemann. p. 270.
Taxon identifiers
Cinnyris erythrocercus


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