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[[Image:Anthreptes anchietae2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=75148 Valéry Schollaert]'''<br />Mutinondo, [[Zambia]], July 2008]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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10–12 cm
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*Brown upperparts
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*Orange-red and yellow underparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Angola]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[Tanzania]], and [[Zambia]].
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'''Africa'''<br />
 
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'''Western Africa''': [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
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Miombo woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
 
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Their main diet consists of nectar and insects, supplemented with fruit.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 4 February 2022

Photo by Valéry Schollaert
Mutinondo, Zambia, July 2008
Anthreptes anchietae

Identification

10–12 cm

  • Brown upperparts
  • Orange-red and yellow underparts

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi[2]

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Miombo woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar and insects, supplemented with fruit.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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