Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni)

Other Names (World)
Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird, Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Stuhlmann's Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1893)

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

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Rwanda, Uganda.

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

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) [XC389216]
by id from Musanze, Northern Province, Rwanda (call, song)

Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) [XC233054]
by Martin St-Michel from Mgahinga National Park, Kisoro, Uganda (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 Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) and Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) and sometimes treated as conspecific with Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei). Has been considered conspecific also with Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer), and is closely related to Golden-winged Sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

stuhlmanni (Reichenow, 1893) - Rwenzori Mts, in north-eastern DRCongo and western Uganda.
chapini Prigogine, 1952 - Mountains of eastern DRCongo from west of L Edward (Nord-Kivu District) south to north-west of L Tanganyika (Mt Kabobo, in Sud-Kivu).
graueri Neumann, 1908 - Mountains southern and east of L Edward (eastern DRCongo and south-western Uganda) south to northern tip of L Kivu (Virunga Volcanoes and north-western Rwanda above 1800 m).
schubotzi Reichenow, 1908 - Mountains of Nyungwe Forest, in south-western Rwanda (southern L Kivu), and western Burundi (mountains north-east of Bujumbura).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Stuhlmanns Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) - 10 files

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