Biology:Usambara double-collared sunbird
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Short description: Species of bird
| Usambara double-collared sunbird | |
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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. usambaricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyris usambaricus Grote, 1922
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The Usambara double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is a resident breeder in the tropical moist montane forests of southeast Kenya and Tanga Region of Tanzania.
Taxonomy
The Usambara double-collared sunbird was described as a subspecies of the eastern double-collared sunbird by the German ornithologist Hermann Grote in 1922 and given the trinomial name Cinnyris mediocris usambaricus. He description was based on specimens collected in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.[2] It was promoted to species status based on differences in plumage and genetics.[3] The species is monotypic.[4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris usambaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103799620A104276065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103799620A104276065.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103799620/104276065. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Grote, Herman (1922). "Neue Vogelarten" (in German). Ornithologische Monatsberichte 30: 86–87. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32597957.
- ↑ Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldså, J.; Hackett, S.J.; Crowe, T.M. (2004). "Systematics and biogeography of Double-collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania". Auk 121 (3): 660–681. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0660:SABODS2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/dippers/.
Wikidata ☰ Q12255843 entry
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