Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis)

Other Names (World)
Montane Double-collared Sunbird, Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird, Bocage's Montane Double-collared Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bocage, 1868)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, lowland moist forest, lowland dry and moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Malawi, Zambia.

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 (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a jumbled chittering with a harsh 'zit' and 'cheet' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) [XC699979]
by Ken Behrens from Morro do Moco - higher areas (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Angola (call)

Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) [XC699980]
by id from Morro do Moco - higher areas (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Angola (call)

Subspecies
Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer), Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei), Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) and Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Nectarinia afra following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) and Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) and sometimes treated as conspecific with one or other of those. Has been considered conspecific also with Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer), and is closely related to Golden-winged Sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi). Subspecies geographically isolated from each other, possibly represent separate species. Further, an as yet undescribed taxon, apparently close to subspecies whytei, occurs in north-eastern Zambia and Tanzania (where fairly common at some localities in Eastern Arc mountains at forest edges and towards rainshadow north-west of mountains). This may belong with this species or Eastern Miombo Sunbird (Cinnyris manoensis), or represent a distinct species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ludovicensis (Bocage, 1868) - Highlands of western Angola.
whytei Benson, 1948 - Northern Malawi (Nyika Plateau) and adjacent parts of Zambia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) - 7 files

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