Little green sunbird

Little green sunbird
A. s. kruensis Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Anthreptes
Species:	A. seimundi
Binomial name
Anthreptes seimundi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1908)
Synonyms
Nectarinia seimundi

The little green sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi), also called Seimund's sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia . It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and warbler-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird. It is 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) long. ^[3] The beak is slightly curved and has a small amount of pink. Around the eye is a pale ring. Its cry is high pitched. ^[2]

Name

The little green sunbird's binomial classification Anthreptes seimundi comes from its genus and Eibert Carl Henry Seimund, a British Taxidermist. ^[4]

Subspecies

• A. s. seimundi: Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
• A. s. kruensis: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana and Togo.
• A. s. minor: southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda, south to northern Angola and central Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[3]

Gallery

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  Little green sunbird (A. s. kruensis) composite

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Anthreptes seimundi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22717683A131977855. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717683A131977855.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Little Green Sunbird - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
3. Oiseaux.net. "Souimanga de Seimund - Anthreptes seimundi - Little Green Sunbird". www.oiseaux.net. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
4. Cheke, Robert; Mann, Clive (2020). "Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi), version 1.0" . Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.ligsun2.01. S2CID   216404388.