Anthreptes

Anthreptes
Brown-throated sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Anthreptes
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Cinnyris javanica[1]
Swainson, 1832
Species

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Anthreptes is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

Species

The genus contains 15 species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Plain-backed sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania
Anchieta's sunbird Anthreptes anchietae Angola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia
Plain sunbird Anthreptes simplex Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
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.
Mangrove sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus Senegal to northwestern Angola.
Western violet-backed sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei sub-Saharan Africa
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.
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

  1. ^ "Nectariniidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.


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