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'''Alternative name: Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird''' | '''Alternative name: Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird''' | ||
[[Image:23133eastern_violet-backed_DB.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Lake Baringo, [[Kenya]], December 2006]] | [[Image:23133eastern_violet-backed_DB.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Lake Baringo, [[Kenya]], December 2006]] | ||
;[[:Category:Anthreptes|Anthreptes]] orientalis | ;[[:Category:Anthreptes|Anthreptes]] orientalis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12 cm; a short-billed sunbird | ||
| + | *Bluish-violet head, nape and chin | ||
| + | *Bluish-green back and rump | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Eastern [[Africa]]: found in [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Tanzania]]. | Eastern [[Africa]]: found in [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Tanzania]]. | ||
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Subspecies ''neumanni'' is not generally recognised<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | Subspecies ''neumanni'' is not generally recognised<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Semi-arid acacia bush and gardens. | Semi-arid acacia bush and gardens. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists of spiders, insects and nectar. A series of images showing how they collect nectar is shown in [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3056464#post3056464 this thread]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#BF Member observations | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 23 August 2014
Alternative name: Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Anthreptes orientalis
Identification
12 cm; a short-billed sunbird
- Bluish-violet head, nape and chin
- Bluish-green back and rump
Distribution
Eastern Africa: found in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Subspecies neumanni is not generally recognised[2].
Habitat
Semi-arid acacia bush and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of spiders, insects and nectar. A series of images showing how they collect nectar is shown in this thread.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Violet-backed_Sunbird
