Orange-tufted Sunbird
Cinnyris bouvieriShelley, GE, 1877
English (US) Orange-tufted Sunbird
The Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri) 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: far southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, northern Angola, and western KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris bouvieri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-tufted Sunbird
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1877
- Type locality
- Landana, Enclave of Cabinda.
- Original description
- A monograph of the Nectariniidæ, or family of sun-birds pt3 p.227 pl.70
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black-bellied Sunbird
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Tsavo Sunbird
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Violet-breasted Sunbird
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Pemba Sunbird
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Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris osea
Abyssinian Sunbird
Cinnyris habessinicus
Arabian Sunbird
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Splendid Sunbird
Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Johanna's Sunbird
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Superb Sunbird
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