• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Pygmy Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 12:32, 1 February 2008 by AlanManson-37216 (talk | contribs) (genus link)
Page Discussion
View source History
Hedydipna platura

Anthreptes platurus

Photo by Steve G
Tendaba Airfield (near Terminal 3), The Gambia.

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.

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

Retrieved from ‘https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Pygmy_Sunbird&oldid=79179’
Back
Top