Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae)

Other Names (World)
Anchieta's Sunbird, Red-and-blue Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Barboza du Bocage, 1878)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Central and eastern Angola, south-eastern DRCongo, Zambia (Eastern Province, also west of Luangwa Valley and in Northern Province), and south-western Tanzania south to Malawi (west of Rift Valley) and adjacent north-western Mozambique.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae) [XC546584]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (song)

Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae) [XC552059]
by Peter Boesman from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes regarded as forming a superspecies with Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi).

References
See References.

Files:

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