Biology:Red-chested sunbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Red-chested sunbird
Red-chested sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) male.jpg
Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. erythrocercus
Binomial name
Cinnyris erythrocercus
(Hartlaub, 1857)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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 from near the White Nile.[3]

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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717994/131981463. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Cinnyris erythrocercus (Red-chested Sunbird)". https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=4C428439DF9CFAF5&sec=synonyms. 
  3. ↑ Hartlaub, Gustav (in de). System der Ornithologie Westafrica's. Bremen: C. Schünemann. pp. 270. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186138. 

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