Loveridge's sunbird
Appearance
Loveridge's sunbird | |
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Male specimen Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. loveridgei
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Binomial name | |
Cinnyris loveridgei (Hartert, 1922)
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Synonyms | |
Nectarinia loveridgei |
Loveridge's sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the American herpetologist Arthur Loveridge .[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris loveridgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717931A94558159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717931A94558159.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 213.
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