Moreau's Sunbird
Cinnyris moreauiSclater, WL, 1933
English (US) Moreau's Sunbird
The Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui) 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: mountains of eastern Tanzania (Nguru, Ukaguru, Uvidunda, and Udzungwa)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris moreaui
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Moreau's Sunbird
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1933
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris mediocris moreaui
- Described by
- Sclater, WL, 1933
- Type locality
- Maskati Nguru Range, 6,000 ft., east-central Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.13, vol.3, no.2 p.214
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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