Violet-breasted sunbird
(Redirected from Nectarinia chalcomelas)
| Violet-breasted sunbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris |
| Species: | C. chalcomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyris chalcomelas Reichenow, 1905
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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