Red-chested sunbird | |
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Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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
- 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.
- "Cinnyris erythrocercus (Red-chested Sunbird)". Avibase. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- Hartlaub, Gustav (1857). System der Ornithologie Westafrica's (in German). Bremen: C. Schünemann. p. 270.
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