Mangrove Sunbird
Anthreptes gabonicus(Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
English (US) Mangrove Sunbird
The Mangrove Sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus) 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: southern Senegal to Cameroon, Gabon, northern Angola, and southwestern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes gabonicus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mangrove Sunbird
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia gabonica
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
- Type locality
- Gabon.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 9, no.49 p.13,109
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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