Red-chested sunbird | |
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Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. erythrocercus |
Binomial name | |
Cinnyris erythrocercus (Hartlaub, 1857) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The red-chested sunbird was originally described as Nectarinia erythrocercus by Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 based on specimens collected near the White Nile. [3]
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