Yellow-chinned Sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris(Shaw, G, 1812)
English (US) Yellow-chinned Sunbird
The Yellow-chinned Sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris) 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: Sierra Leone to GhanaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes rectirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia rectirostris
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
- Type locality
- amended to Ashanti, Gold Coast, by Bannerman, 1948, Birds Trop. West Africa, 6, p. 242.
- Original description
- General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8, pt1 p.246
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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