Banded Green Sunbird
Anthreptes rubritorquesReichenow, A, 1905
English (US) Banded Green Sunbird
The Banded Green Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques) 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: northeastern Tanzania (Usambara, Nguru, and Uluguru mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes rubritorques
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Banded Green Sunbird
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1905
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1905
- Type locality
- Mlalo, near Wilhelmstal, Usambara, German East Africa.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 13 p.181
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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