Amani Sunbird
Hedydipna pallidigaster(Sclater, WL; Moreau, RE, 1935)
English (US) Amani Sunbird
The Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster) 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: coastal southeastern Kenya (Sokoke Forest) and northeastern Tanzania (rare)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hedydipna pallidigaster
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Amani Sunbird
- Described by
- (Sclater, WL; Moreau, RE, 1935)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anthreptes pallidigaster
- Described by
- (Sclater, WL; Moreau, RE, 1935)
- Type locality
- Sigi Valley, 4 miles east of Amani, northeastern Tanganyika Territory.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 56 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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