Splendid Sunbird
Cinnyris coccinigastrus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Splendid Sunbird
The Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus) 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: Senegal to Sierra Leone, eastward to southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southwestern South Sudan; nonbreeding visitor to northeastern GabonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Splendid Sunbird
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia coccinigastra
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Africa ; restricted to Senegal by Grote, 1924, Orn. Monatsb., 32, p. 71.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxxv
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Rufous-winged Sunbird
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Oustalet's Sunbird
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White-bellied Sunbird
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Variable Sunbird
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