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Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)

Beautiful Sunbird (Nectarinia pulchella) - Female
Beautiful Sunbird (Nectarinia pulchella) - Female

About Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Sunbirds

The beautiful sunbird, formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya in the east. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the gorgeous sunbird.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2011-01-20

    Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
    Image from 2011-01-20