Cinnyris
| Cinnyris | |
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| Male purple sunbird | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris Cuvier, 1816 |
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Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
Its members are:
- Olive-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris chloropygius
- Tiny sunbird, Cinnyris minullus
- Miombo double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris manoensis
- Southern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris chalybeus
- Neergaard's sunbird, Cinnyris neergaardi
- Ruwenzori double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris stuhlmanni
- Prigogine's double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris prigoginei
- Ludwig's double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris ludovicensis
- Northern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris reichenowi
- Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer
- Regal sunbird, Cinnyris regius
- Rockefeller's sunbird, Cinnyris rockefelleri
- Eastern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris mediocris
- Moreau's sunbird, Cinnyris moreaui
- Beautiful sunbird, Cinnyris pulchellus
- Loveridge's sunbird, Cinnyris loveridgei
- Marico sunbird, Cinnyris mariquensis
- Shelley's sunbird, Cinnyris shelleyi
- Congo sunbird, Cinnyris congensis
- Red-chested sunbird, Cinnyris erythrocerca
- Black-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides
- Purple-banded sunbird, Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Tsavo sunbird, Cinnyris tsavoensis - sometimes included in C. bifasciatus
- Violet-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris chalcomelas
- Pemba sunbird, Cinnyris pembae
- Orange-tufted sunbird, Cinnyris bouvieri
- Palestine sunbird, Cinnyris oseus
- Shining sunbird, Cinnyris habessinicus
- Splendid sunbird, Cinnyris coccinigaster
- Johanna's sunbird, Cinnyris johannae
- Superb sunbird, Cinnyris superbus
- Rufous-winged sunbird, Cinnyris rufipennis
- Oustalet's sunbird, Cinnyris oustaleti
- White-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris talatala
- Variable sunbird, Cinnyris venustus
- Dusky sunbird, Cinnyris fuscus
- Ursula's sunbird, Cinnyris ursulae
- Bates's sunbird, Cinnyris batesi
- Copper sunbird, Cinnyris cupreus
- Purple sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus
- Olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis
- Apricot-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris buettikoferi
- Flame-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris solaris
- Souimanga sunbird, Cinnyris sovimanga
- Seychelles sunbird, Cinnyris dussumieri
- Malagasy green sunbird, Cinnyris notatus
- Humblot's sunbird, Cinnyris humbloti
- Anjouan sunbird, Cinnyris comorensis
- Mayotte sunbird, Cinnyris coquerellii
- Loten's sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius
References
- Barlow, Wacher and Disley, Birds of The Gambia ISBN 1-873403-32-1
- Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India ISBN 0-691-04910-6
- Robson, Craig A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand ISBN 1-84330-921-1
- Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil; Tarboton, Warwick (2002). SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Struik. ISBN 1-86872-721-1.
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