Anthreptes
| Anthreptes | |
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| Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Anthreptes Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Cinnyris javanica[1] Swainson, 1832
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Anthreptes is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.
Species
[edit]The genus contains 15 species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Plain-backed sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania |
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Anchieta's sunbird | Anthreptes anchietae | Angola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia |
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Plain sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. |
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Brown-throated sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines. |
| Grey-throated sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis | Philippines. | |
| Red-throated sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. | |
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Mangrove sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | Senegal to northwestern Angola. |
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Western violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | sub-Saharan Africa |
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Eastern violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | Djibouti in north to Tanzania |
| Uluguru violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and north-eastern Mozambique. | |
| Violet-tailed sunbird | Anthreptes aurantius | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. | |
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Little green sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. |
| Yellow-chinned sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris[3] | Sierra Leone to Ghana. | |
| Grey-chinned sunbird | Anthreptes tephrolaemus[3] | Nigeria to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Bioko. | |
| Banded green sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | Tanzania. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nectariniidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
External links
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