Nectarinia is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong to it has been highly contentious for many decades. Towards the...
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Purple-rumped sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia zeylonica)
Purplerumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 97 (1): 146. Khacher, Lavkumar (2000). "Purplerumped Sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica (Linn...
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Purple sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia asiatica)
the Genus Nectarinia in Sri Lanka". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 90 (2): 291–292. Sharma, Suneel; Kashyap, R.K. (1999). "Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica...
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Beautiful sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia pulchella)
beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a sunbird. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from...
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Crimson-backed sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia minima)
Sunbird, Nectarinia minima (Sykes)". Bangladesh J. Zool. 5 (1): 77–78. Santharam, V (1996). "Seasonal movements in Small Sunbird (Nectarinia minima) and...
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Eastern double-collared sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia mediocris)
Cinnyris Species: C. mediocris Binomial name Cinnyris mediocris Shelley, 1885 Synonyms Nectarinia mediocris Nectarinia usambarica Nectarinia fuelleborni...
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Garden sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia jugularis)
Species: C. jugularis Binomial name Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766) Synonyms Certhia jugularis Linnaeus, 1766 Nectarinia jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766)...
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Loten's sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia lotenia)
(Nectarinia lotenia)". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 21 (9&10): 14–15. Neelakantan, K. K. (1975). "Curious behaviour of a Loten's Sunbird (Nectarinia lotenia)"...
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Variable sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia venusta)
variable sunbird or yellow-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris venustus), formerly Nectarinia venusta, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of small Old World passerine...
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Malachite sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia famosa)
The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa. They pollinate...
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Northern double-collared sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia preussi)
subsumed within greater Nectarinia along with the majority of African sunbirds, in which case it is referred to as Nectarinia preussi. This shift is due...
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Splendid sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia coccinigaster)
Genus: Cinnyris Species: C. coccinigastrus Binomial name Cinnyris coccinigastrus (Latham, 1801) Synonyms Nectarinia coccinigaster Cinnyris coccinigaster...
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Blue-throated brown sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia cyanolaema)
Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Cyanomitra Species: C. cyanolaema Binomial name Cyanomitra cyanolaema (Jardine & Fraser, 1852) Synonyms Nectarinia cyanolaema...
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Socotra sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia balfouri)
Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Chalcomitra Species: C. balfouri Binomial name Chalcomitra balfouri (Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881) Synonyms Nectarinia balfouri...
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Bronzy sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia kilimensis)
The bronzy sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. They are located mostly in parts of southern Africa. Bronzy...
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Giant sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia thomensis)
Reichenow, 1914 Species: D. thomensis Binomial name Dreptes thomensis (Barbosa du Bocage, 1889) range Synonyms Nectarinia thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1889...
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Black sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia aspasia)
more of a distinct yellow throat. Previously was placed in the genus Nectarinia, before it was revised in 2016. Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
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Palestine sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia osea)
Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Cinnyris Species: C. osea Binomial name Cinnyris osea Bonaparte, 1856 Synonyms Cinnyris oseus Nectarinia osea...
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Greater double-collared sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia afra)
is a small bird in the sunbird family. It was formerly placed in genus Nectarinia. The sunbird breeds in southern South Africa. It is mainly resident, but...
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Amethyst sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia amethystina)
Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Chalcomitra Species: C. amethystina Binomial name Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812) Synonyms Nectarinia amethystina...
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(January 2002). "Nocturnal Heterothermy And Torpor In The Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)". Auk. 119 (1): 251–260. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0251:NHATIT]2...
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Olive-bellied sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia chloropygia)
Nectariniidae Genus: Cinnyris Species: C. chloropygius Binomial name Cinnyris chloropygius (Jardine, 1842) Synonyms Cinnyris chloropygia Nectarinia chloropygia...
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Neergaard's sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia neergardi)
Cinnyris Species: C. neergaardi Binomial name Cinnyris neergaardi C. H. B. Grant, 1908 endemic range Synonyms Nectarinia neergardi (C. H. B. Grant, 1908)...
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Orange-breasted sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia violacea)
sunbirds and spiderhunters), though it is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. The birds are sexually dimorphic, with females being olive green while...
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Olive sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia olivacea)
south-central and south-western Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. The western subspecies (roughly west of the East African Rift) are sometimes...
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Rufous-winged sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia rufipennis)
Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Cinnyris Species: C. rufipennis Binomial name Cinnyris rufipennis (Jensen, 1983) Synonyms Nectarinia rufipennis...
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Dusky sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia fusca)
Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Cinnyris Species: C. fuscus Binomial name Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot, 1819 Synonyms Nectarinia fusca...
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Red-chested sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia erythrocerca)
Tanzania, and Uganda. The red-chested sunbird was originally described as Nectarinia erythrocercus by Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 based on specimens collected...
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Hunter's sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia hunteri)
Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Chalcomitra Species: C. hunteri Binomial name Chalcomitra hunteri (Shelley, 1889) Synonyms Nectarinia hunteri...
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Souimanga sunbird (redirect from Nectarinia sovimanga)
colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (1): 67–85...
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