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Alternative names: Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Stuhlmann's Sunbird

Male
Photo by MarcellC
Volcanoes National Park, North-western Rwanda, September 2009

Cinnyris stuhlmanni

Nectarinia stuhlmanni

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi

[edit] Taxonomy

This is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Female
Photo by MarcellC
Volcanoes National Park (near Dian Fossey site), North-western Rwanda, September 2009

There are 4 subspecies:

• C. s. stuhlmanni:

• Ruwenzori Mountains (eastern Zaire and western Uganda)

• C. s. schubotzi:

• Eastern Zaire (mountains west of Lake Kivu), adjacent Rwanda and Burundi

• C. s. chapini:

• Eastern Zaire and southern Burundi (mountains west of Lake Edward to Mount Kabobo)

• C. s. graueri:

• Kivu Volcanos, Rwanda and south-western Uganda (Mount Muhavura)

[edit] Habitat

Heaths, forest edges

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The female builds the nest

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links