Hunter's Sunbird
Chalcomitra hunteri(Shelley, GE, 1889)
English (US) Hunter's Sunbird
The Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) 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: Ethiopia and Somalia southward to northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chalcomitra hunteri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hunter's Sunbird
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1889)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris hunteri
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1889)
- Type locality
- Useri River, east of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya-Tanganyika boundary.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889, pt.3 p.365 pl.41 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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