Anchieta's Sunbird
Anthreptes anchietae(Bocage, JVB, 1878)
English (US) Anchieta's Sunbird
The Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, southwestern Tanzania, Malawi, and northern MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes anchietae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Anchieta's Sunbird
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia anchietae
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
- Type locality
- Caconda, 'in the interior of Benguella' [= Huila] , Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.208
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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