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 |
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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.
Species
The genus now contains six species:[1]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Bocage's sunbird | Nectarinia bocagii | Angola and the DRC. |
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Purple-breasted sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. |
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Tacazze sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
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Bronzy sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |
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Malachite sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | Ethiopia southwards to South Africa |
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Scarlet-tufted sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. |
References
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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