Copper sunbird
| Copper sunbird | |
|---|---|
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| Female | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris |
| Species: | Cinnyris cupreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw, 1812) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nectarinia cuprea | |
The copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Male
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nectarinia cuprea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
External links
- Copper sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.