Violet-breasted sunbird

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Violet-breasted sunbird
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. chalcomelas
Binomial name
Cinnyris chalcomelas
Reichenow, 1905
Synonyms

Nectarinia chalcomelas

The violet-breasted sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae (sunbirds). It is found in Kenya and Somalia.

It is sometimes regarded as the same species as the Pemba sunbird. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris chalcomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22718012A94562467. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718012A94562467.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (2002). Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. London: T. & A. D. Poyser. p. 454. ISBN   0-85661-079-8. LCCN   00-110863.