Western Miombo Sunbird
Cinnyris gertrudisGrote, H, 1926
English (US) Western Miombo Sunbird
The Western Miombo Sunbird (Cinnyris gertrudis) 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: foothill to montane miombo woodland, savanna, and riverine woodland, from western Angola eastward through southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and northern Malawi to western and central TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris gertrudis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Miombo Sunbird
- Described by
- Grote, H, 1926
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris chalybeus gertrudis
- Described by
- Grote, H, 1926
- Type locality
- Songea, ca. lat. 10° 41' S., long. 35° 38' E., southwestern German East Africa.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 34(6) p.183
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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