Rufous-winged Sunbird
Cinnyris rufipennis(Jensen, FP, 1983)
English (US) Rufous-winged Sunbird
The Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis) 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: eastern Tanzania (eastern escarpment of Udzungwa Mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris rufipennis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rufous-winged Sunbird
- Described by
- (Jensen, FP, 1983)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia rufipennis
- Described by
- (Jensen, FP, 1983)
- Original description
- Ibis vol.125 p.447
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Dusky Sunbird
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