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Nectarinia chalybea Lesser Double-collared Sunbird
[edit] IdentificationLength 12 cm, mass 8 g. Sexually dimorphic. Male: Head, back, rump, throat and upper breast iridecent green. Wings iridecent green with dark brown flight feathers. Upper tail coverts iridescent blue. Upper breast band very narrow and iridescent blue; lower breast band red. Lower breast and belly grey. [edit] DistributionSouth Africa, Swaziland and extreme southern Namibia. [edit] TaxonomyMost of the Sunbirds (including this one) of the genus Nectarinia have recently been moved into the genus Cinnyris. Recently split from Miombo Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis. There are two subspecies:[2]
[edit] HabitatFynbos and Karoo shrublands, woodland, forest, forest edge, gardens and plantations. [edit] BehaviourForages at all levels in canopy, mainly for nectar, but also invertebrates. [edit] References
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