Superb sunbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. superbus |
Binomial name | |
Cinnyris superbus (Shaw, 1812) | |
Synonyms | |
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