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[[Image:Pygmy_Sunbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Steve G<br />Tendaba Airfield (near Terminal 3), The Gambia.]] | [[Image:Pygmy_Sunbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Steve G<br />Tendaba Airfield (near Terminal 3), The Gambia.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. | It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sunbird+platur}} | {{GSearch|Sunbird+platur}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 25 October 2007
- Hedydipna platura
Anthreptes platurus
Identification
A very attractive tiny hyperactive Sunbird, the males of which have long tail extensions.
Distribution
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Taxonomy
Family Nectariniidae.
This is one of the four Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Hedydipna from the genus Anthreptes.
