Bannerman's Sunbird
Cyanomitra bannermaniGrant, CHB; Mackworth-Praed, CW, 1943
English (US) Bannerman's Sunbird
The Bannerman's Sunbird (Cyanomitra bannermani) 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: northern Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and far northwestern ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanomitra bannermani
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bannerman's Sunbird
- Described by
- Grant, CHB; Mackworth-Praed, CW, 1943
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanomitra verticalis bannermani
- Described by
- Grant, CHB; Mackworth-Praed, CW, 1943
- Type locality
- Kayoyo, southern Belgian Congo.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 63 p.63
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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