Red-chested sunbird

Red-chested sunbird
	Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Cinnyris
Species:	C. erythrocercus
Binomial name
	Cinnyris erythrocercus; (Hartlaub, 1857)
Synonyms
	Nectarinia erythrocerca Hartlaub, 1857; Cinnyris mariquensis kiwuensis Berger, 1907; Nectarinia mariquensis kiwuensis (Berger, 1907); Nectarinia adolfifriederici Reichenow, 1908; Nectarinia erythrocerca adolfi-friederici (Reichenow, 1908);

The red-chested sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-chested sunbird was originally described as Nectarinia erythrocercus by Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 based on specimens collected near the White Nile.^[3]

References

^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cinnyris erythrocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717994A131981463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717994A131981463.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Cinnyris erythrocercus (Red-chested Sunbird)". Avibase. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
^ Hartlaub, Gustav (1857). System der Ornithologie Westafrica's (in German). Bremen: C. Schünemann. p. 270.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2018). "Cinnyris erythrocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717994A131981463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717994A131981463.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "Cinnyris erythrocercus (Red-chested Sunbird)". Avibase. Retrieved 2021-12-22.

[3] Hartlaub, Gustav (1857). System der Ornithologie Westafrica's (in German). Bremen: C. Schünemann. p. 270.

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