Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1889)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

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 (1)...)

Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) [XC210025]
by isaac kilusu from Dawa River, Ethiopia (call)

Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) [XC776130]
by id from , Tanzania (call, song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) and sometimes regarded as conspecific, but the two are ecologically segregated in area of marginal overlap in eastern Kenya.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

siccata (Shelley, 1889) - Extreme south-eastern Sudan, Ssouth-western Ethiopia (near Mega), north-western Kenya (including north-western shore of L Turkana), and plateau regions of Somalia.
hunteri (Shelley, 1889) - Southern and east-central Ethiopia, Kenya (except north-west) and extreme north-eastern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hunters Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) - 10 files

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