Bannerman's sunbird

Bannerman's sunbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Cyanomitra
Species:	C. bannermani
Binomial name
Cyanomitra bannermani C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1943
Synonyms
Nectarinia bannermani

Bannerman's sunbird (Cyanomitra bannermani) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.

Its scientific and common names honor the ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman. ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cyanomitra bannermani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22717742A94549169. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717742A94549169.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 38.