Little green sunbird
| Little green sunbird | |
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| A. s. kruensis Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Anthreptes |
| Species: | A. seimundi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthreptes seimundi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1908)
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| Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]The little green sunbird's binomial classification Anthreptes seimundi comes from its genus and Eibert Carl Henry Seimund, a British Taxidermist.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]- 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
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Little Green Sunbird - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ a b c Oiseaux.net. "Souimanga de Seimund - Anthreptes seimundi - Little Green Sunbird". www.oiseaux.net. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ 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.
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