Humblot's Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Comoros, Mayotte.

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 (4)...)

Humblot's Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti) [XC403462]
by Ross Gallardy from Moroni, Ngazidja, Comoros (call)

Humblot's Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti) [XC142875]
by Johannes Fischer from above Mvouni, Grand Comoro, Comoros (call)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga) and Anjouan Sunbird (Cinnyris comorensis), and all three could perhaps be considered conspecific. Mitochondrial DNA work suggests that these three form a clade with Mayotte Sunbird (Cinnyris coquerellii) and Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri), and further suggestion is that this clade colonized Indian Ocean islands from continental Africa (at earliest 3�9 million years ago) initially through Comoros. Sister-group appears to contain Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri), White-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) and Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

humbloti (Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885) - Grand Comoro, in Comoro Is.
mohelicus Stresemann & Grote, 1926 - Moh�li, in Comoro Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Humblots Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti) - 9 files

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