Little Green Sunbird
Anthreptes seimundi(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1908)
English (US) Little Green Sunbird
The Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes seimundi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Green Sunbird
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1908)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Anthreptes seimundi kruensis
- Anthreptes seimundi seimundi
- Anthreptes seimundi minor
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris seimundi
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1908)
- Type locality
- 'Fernando Po and West Africa . . .' ; type from Banterbari, Fernando Po, fide Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 711.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 23 p.19
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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