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Photo by talon_dfa
Makali, Sierra Leone, February 1979

Cinnyris superbus

Nectarinia superba

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

[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]

There are 3 subspecies:

• C. s. ashantiensis:

• Sierra Leone to Togo and (?) Benin

• C. s. nigeriae:

• Southern Nigeria

• C. s. superbus:

• Southern Cameroon to northern Angola, Zaire, extreme western Kenya and western Tanzania

An additional subspecies buvuma is not recognised by all authorities^[1].

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[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

[edit] External Links