Shelley's Sunbird
Cinnyris shelleyiAlexander, B, 1899
English (US) Shelley's Sunbird
The Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris shelleyi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shelley's Sunbird
- Described by
- Alexander, B, 1899
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cinnyris shelleyi shelleyi
- Cinnyris shelleyi hofmanni
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Alexander, B, 1899
- Type locality
- Zambezi River, 60 miles below junction of Kafue-Zambezi rivers (Ibis, 1899, pp. 556, 642).
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 8 p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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