Nectarinia
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| Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Nectarinia Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Certhia famosa[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Nectarinia is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong to it has been highly contentious for many decades. Towards the late 20th century, the dominant trend was to use it to group all "typical" sunbirds. More recently taxonomists have divided the Nectarinia into eight genera which are now considered distinct from Nectarinia: Leptocoma, Anabathmis, Chalcomitra, Cinnyris, Cyanomitra, Dreptes, Anthobaphes, and Drepanorhynchus.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Nectarinia was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger.[2] The type species was designated as Certhia famosa Linnaeus, 1766 by George Gray in 1840.[3][4]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus now contains six species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| File:Bocage-s Sunbird 114ND500 DSC3717.jpg | Bocage's sunbird | Nectarinia bocagii | Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| File:Sunbird (8209000171) (cropped).jpg | Purple-breasted sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | Albertine Rift montane forests |
| File:Tacazze Sunbird, Ngorongoro Crater (8494806649).jpg | Tacazze sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
| File:Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) male.jpg | Bronze sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |
| File:Nectarinia famosa (Malachite Sunbird).jpg | Malachite sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | Ethiopia southwards to South Africa |
| File:Lobelien-nektarvogel.jpg | Scarlet-tufted sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. |
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References
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