Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)

Other Names (World)
Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Preuss's Double-collared Sunbird, Nandi Double-collared Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1892)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, 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 (56)...)

Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi) [XC796161]
by Brendan Sloan from Naro Maro River Lodge, Kenya (song)

Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi) [XC317011]
by James Bradley from Gwassi Hills, Kenya (call, song)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. With such treatment, specific name of this species becomes preoccupied and is replaced by next available name, kikuyuensis; preussi then has date priority and becomes the nominate subspecies. May form a superspecies with Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer).

Proposed subspecies genderuensis (from Genduru Mts, in Adamaoua Plateau, in north-central Cameroon) and parvirostris (from Bioko I) considered inseparable from preussi.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

preussi Reichenow, 1892 - Bioko I (Fernando Póo), south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and north-western Central African Republic.
reichenowi (Reichenow, 1892) - Southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo, south-west, north-eastern and eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western and central Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi) - 10 files

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