Alternative names: Grey-chinned Sunbird, Straight-billed Green Sunbird
- Anthreptes rectirostris
Identification
9–10 cm
- Metallic green plumage
Distribution
Tropical Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- A. r. rectirostris:
- A. r. tephrolaemus:
- Southeastern Benin and southern Nigeria east to southern Central African Republic, southern South Sudan, Uganda, southwestern Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania, south to northern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bioko
Habitat
Gallery and swamp forests and forest edges and clearing also areas cultivated with coffee, cocoa and oil palms.
Behaviour
Their diet consists of a variety of insects and their larvae, including moths and termites. Also small berries and fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Sunbird
