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Northern Double-collared Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Cinnyris reichenowi

Nectarinia preussi

Male Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Photo by Tom Tarrant
Buhoma, Bwindi NP, Uganda.

Identification

Distribution

Tropical Africa.

Taxonomy

Most of the Sunbirds (including this one) of the genus Nectarinia have recently been moved into the genus Cinnyris.

Cinnyris reichenowi has 2 subspecies: Cinnyris reichenowi reichenowi and Cinnyris reichenowi preussi.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

Lepage D. 2007. Avibase. Search for "Cinnyris preussi" downloaded 11 October 2007.

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