Giant Sunbird
Dreptes thomensis(Bocage, JVB, 1889)
English (US) Giant Sunbird
The Giant Sunbird (Dreptes thomensis) 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: São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dreptes thomensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Giant Sunbird
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1889)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia thomensis
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1889)
- Type locality
- St. Miguel, St. Thome.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (2), 1 p.143
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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