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| image = Scarlet-chested sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis, at Lake Chivero, Harare, Zimbabwe - male (21247780653).jpg |
| image = Scarlet-chested sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis, at Lake Chivero, Harare, Zimbabwe - male (21247780653).jpg |
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| image2 = Scarlet-chested sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis, at Lake Chivero, Harare, Zimbabwe -- female (21681942429).jpg |
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| image2_caption = Male and female at [[Lake Chivero]], Zimbabwe |
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| image2 = Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Nectarinia senegalensis) (W1CDR0000938 BD14).ogg |
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| image2_caption = Song recorded in [[Limpopo|Northern Transvaal]], South Africa |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Chalcomitra senegalensis'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22717770A131979279 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717770A131979279.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| genus = Chalcomitra |
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| species = senegalensis |
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| classis = [[Aves]] |
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| ordo = [[Passeriformes]] |
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| familia = [[Nectariniidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Chalcomitra]]'' |
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*''Nectarinia senegalensis'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1766)}} |
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| binomial = ''Chalcomitra senegalensis'' |
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The '''scarlet-chested sunbird''' ('''''Chalcomitra senegalensis''''') is a [[species]] of [[bird]] in the family [[Nectariniidae]]. It is found in many areas of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], and from South Sudan to South Africa.<ref name="BirdsOfTheWorld">{{Cite web |title=Scarlet-chested Sunbird - ''Chalcomitra senegalensis'' - Birds of the World |author= |work=birdsoftheworld.org |date= |access-date=15 February 2024 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/sccsun2/cur/introduction |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215154256/https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/sccsun2/cur/introduction |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Range== |
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⚫ | It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, [[Eswatini]], Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
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⚫ | In 1760 the French zoologist [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]] included a description of the scarlet-chested sunbird in his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name ''Le grimpereau violet du Sénégal'' and the Latin ''Certhia Senegalensis Violacea''.<ref name=brisson>{{ |
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==Description== |
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The scarlet-chested sunbird is similar to [[Hunter's sunbird]] in appearance, with adult males having a characteristic red–scarlet coloured breast and an iridescent green patch on top of its head. The female is dark brown with no [[supercilium]]. It inhabits woodland and gardens, at elevations of up to {{convert|2400|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOs9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA372 |page=372 |title=Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra |edition=Revised and Expanded |author1=Nigel Redman |author2=Terry Stevenson |author3=John Fanshawe |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-691-17289-7 |access-date=2024-02-28 |archive-date=2024-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228123727/https://books.google.com/books?id=QOs9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA372#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The bird is around {{convert|13–15|cm|in}} in length, with males having a weight of {{convert|7.5–17.2|g|oz}} and females weighing {{convert|6.8–15.3|g|oz}}.<ref name="BirdsOfTheWorld"/> |
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==Taxonomy== |
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{{listen |filename=Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Nectarinia senegalensis) (W1CDR0000938 BD14).ogg |title=Scarlet-chested sunbird song |description=Song recorded in [[Limpopo|Northern Transvaal]], South Africa }} |
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⚫ | In 1760, the French zoologist [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]] included a description of the scarlet-chested sunbird in his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name ''Le grimpereau violet du Sénégal'' and the Latin ''Certhia Senegalensis Violacea''.<ref name=brisson>{{cite book |last=Brisson |first=Mathurin Jacques |author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson |year=1760 |title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés |volume=3 |language=French, Latin |place=Paris |publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche |pages=660–661, Plate 34 fig 2 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35953763 |access-date=2018-05-10 |archive-date=2018-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013102217/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35953763 |url-status=live }} The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen.</ref> Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial system]] and are not recognised by the [[International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]].<ref name=allen>{{cite journal |last=Allen |first=J.A. |author-link=Joel Asaph Allen |year=1910 |title=Collation of Brisson's genera of birds with those of Linnaeus |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=28 |pages=317–335 |hdl=2246/678}}</ref> When the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] updated his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' for the [[12th edition of Systema Naturae|twelfth edition]] in 1766, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.<ref name=allen/> One of these was the scarlet-chested sunbird. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the [[binomial name]] ''Certhia senegalensis'' and cited Brisson's work.<ref>{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |year=1766 |title=Systema naturae : per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |edition=12th |volume=1, Part 1 |publisher=Laurentii Salvii |place=Holmiae (Stockholm) |language=Latin |page=186 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946382 |access-date=2018-05-10 |archive-date=2018-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014142111/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946382 |url-status=live }}</ref> This species is now placed in the genus ''[[Chalcomitra]]'' that was introduced by the German naturalist [[Ludwig Reichenbach]] in 1853.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reichenbach |first=Ludwig |author-link=Ludwig Reichenbach |year=1853 |title=Handbuch der Speciellen Ornithologie |volume=6 |language=German |place=Dresden and Leipzig |publisher=Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte |page=277 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722984 |access-date=2018-05-10 |archive-date=2018-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014163844/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722984 |url-status=live }}<!--tricky to find - see https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722984 for a guide, H&M4 Vol. 2 p.270 gives year as 1853--></ref> Six [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web |editor1-last=Gill |editor1-first=Frank |editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) |editor2-last=Donsker |editor2-first=David |year=2018 |title=Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds |work=World Bird List Version 8.1 |url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/dippers/ |publisher=International Ornithologists' Union |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129000140/https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/dippers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti) female 2.jpg|female ''C. s. lamperti''<br>feeding on ''[[Aloe|Aloe zebrina]]''<br>in [[Kenya]] |
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Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis |
Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis) male Matsapha 2.jpg|male ''C. s. gutteralis''<br>in [[Matsapha]], [[Eswatini]] |
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Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis |
Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis) female Matsapha.jpg|female ''C. s. gutteralis''<br>in [[Matsapha]], [[Eswatini]] |
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Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis) female on African tulip tree Matsapha 2.jpg|fe male ''C. s. gutteralis''<br>feeding on African tulip tree<br>in [[Matsapha]], [[Eswatini]] |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Chalcomitra |
Species: | C. senegalensis
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Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, and from South Sudan to South Africa.[2]
Range
[edit]It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Description
[edit]The scarlet-chested sunbird is similar to Hunter's sunbird in appearance, with adult males having a characteristic red–scarlet coloured breast and an iridescent green patch on top of its head. The female is dark brown with no supercilium. It inhabits woodland and gardens, at elevations of up to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft).[3] The bird is around 13–15 centimetres (5.1–5.9 in) in length, with males having a weight of 7.5–17.2 grams (0.26–0.61 oz) and females weighing 6.8–15.3 grams (0.24–0.54 oz).[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the scarlet-chested sunbird in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name Le grimpereau violet du Sénégal and the Latin Certhia Senegalensis Violacea.[4] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[5] When the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition in 1766, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.[5] One of these was the scarlet-chested sunbird. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Certhia senegalensis and cited Brisson's work.[6] This species is now placed in the genus Chalcomitra that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.[7] Six subspecies are recognised.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Chalcomitra senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717770A131979279. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717770A131979279.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Chalcomitra senegalensis - Birds of the World". birdsoftheworld.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Nigel Redman; Terry Stevenson; John Fanshawe (2016). Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra (Revised and Expanded ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-691-17289-7. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol. 3. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. pp. 660–661, Plate 34 fig 2. Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2018-05-10. The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen.
- ^ a b Allen, J.A. (1910). "Collation of Brisson's genera of birds with those of Linnaeus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 28: 317–335. hdl:2246/678.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1766). Systema naturae : per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (12th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 186. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). Handbuch der Speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden and Leipzig: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. p. 277. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
External links
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- Scarlet-chested sunbird—Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds