Green-headed Sunbird
Cyanomitra verticalis(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Green-headed Sunbird
The Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) 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
- Cyanomitra verticalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Cyanomitra verticalis verticalis
- Cyanomitra verticalis bohndorffi
- Cyanomitra verticalis cyanocephala
- Cyanomitra verticalis viridisplendens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia verticalis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Africa ; restricted to Senegal by Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 622.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.298
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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