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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
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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

Wikidata ☰ Q3175616 entry