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Hedydipna platura

Anthreptes platurus

Photo by Steve G
Tendaba Airfield (near Terminal 3), The Gambia.

[edit] Identification

A very attractive tiny hyperactive Sunbird, the males of which have long tail extensions.

[edit] Distribution

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is one of the four Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Hedydipna from the genus Anthreptes.

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