Scarlet-chested sunbird
| Scarlet-chested sunbird | |
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| Song recorded in Northern Transvaal, South Africa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Chalcomitra |
| Species: | C. senegalensis |
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| Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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Nectarinia senegalensis | |
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Female at Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe
The scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nectarinia senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
External links
- Scarlet-chested sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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