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Genus: Nectarinia

Description

About six species of Sunbird from Africa.

Taxonomy

Nectarinia is a genus in the Family Nectariniidae.

Before the work of Irwin (1999, cited by Cheke, 2008 & Percy Fitzpatrick Institute, 2002), this genus included most of the African Sunbirds. However, Irwin split the genus placing the species in nine different genera.

References

Cheke RA 2008. Animal classification: Sunbirds. Downloaded from www.answers.com on 7 March 2008.

Irwin MPS 1999. The Genus Nectarinia and the evolution and diversification of Sunbirds: An Afrotropical perspective. Honeyguide 45, 45–58.

Percy Fitzpatrick Institute. 2002. The largest genus of birds takes a tumble. Africa Birds and Birding Vol. 7, No. 2, p19. (Avilable at [1]).