Forest double-collared sunbird

The forest double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris fuelleborni) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is a resident breeder of tropical moist montane forests in parts of East Africa.

Forest double-collared sunbird
Forest double-collared sunbird on top
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Cinnyris fuelleborni
Reichenow, 1899

Taxonomy

The forest double-collared sunbird was described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1899 and given the binomial name Cinnyris fülleborni. He specified the type location as Kalinga in the Iringa Region of Tanzania.[2] The specific name was chosen to honour the German physician and naturalist Friedrich Fülleborn.[3]

This species was formerly considered as a subspecies of the eastern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris) but was promoted to species status based on differences in plumage and genetics.[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris fuelleborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. Reichenow, Anton (1899). "Neue Vogelarten". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 7 (1): 7-9 [7].
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldså, J.; Hackett, S.J.; Crowe, T.M. (2004). "Systematics and biogeography of Double-collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania". Auk. 121 (3): 660–681. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0660:SABODS]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4090305.
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