Scarlet-chested sunbird
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| Song recorded in Northern Transvaal, South Africa | |
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| Species: | C. senegalensis
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| Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Nectarinia senegalensis | |
The scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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female at Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe -
female C. s. lamperti, Kenya -
female C. s. lamperti feeding, Kenya
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References
External links
- Scarlet-chested sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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