Rockefeller's Sunbird
Cinnyris rockefelleriChapin, JP, 1932
English (US) Rockefeller's Sunbird
The Rockefeller's Sunbird (Cinnyris rockefelleri) 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: alpine moorlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Albertine Rift Mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris rockefelleri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rockefeller's Sunbird
- Described by
- Chapin, JP, 1932
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Chapin, JP, 1932
- Type locality
- Mt. Kandashomwa, at 9,000 ft., west of Ruzizi Valley, eastern Belgian Congo.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.570 p.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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