Biology:Prigogine's double-collared sunbird
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris |
| Species: | C. prigoginei
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| Cinnyris prigoginei MacDonald, 1958
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Prigogine's sunbird or Prigogine's double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Taxonomy
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer).[2] Alternatively, it has been considered related to other members of the greater double-collared sunbird species complex, including Stuhlmann's sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) and montane double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis), but it is now regarded as a full species.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the Marungu highlands of Tanganyika Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is montane forest.[3]
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris prigoginei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103798427A104275573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103798427A104275573.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103798427/104275573. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Mann, Clive F.; Cheke, Robert A. (2010-07-30) (in en). Sunbirds: A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408135679. https://books.google.com/books?id=gfjUBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Cinnyris+prigoginei%22&pg=PA9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cheke, Robert; Mann, Clive (4 March 2020). "Prigogine's Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei)". Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.prisun3.01. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/prisun3/1.0/introduction.
- ↑ Clancey, P. A.; Irwin, M. P. S. (1978). "Species limits in the Nectarinia afra/N. chalybea complex of African doublecollared sunbirds". Durban Museum Novitates 11 (20): 331-351.
Wikidata ☰ Q7242953 entry
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