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 LC    Congo Sunbird* Id (Atlas):
    Cinnyris congensis

Description (7)
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Other Names (World)
Congo Sunbird, Congo Black-bellied Sunbird, Long-tailed Congo Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(van Oort, 1910)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the].

PRCongo and DRCongo (forested banks of R Congo and lower R Ubangi).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) [XC827846]
     by julien Birard from Ntokou, Park headquarters, Congo (Brazzaville) (call)

 
Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) [XC894612]
     by julien Birard from Epena, Epena, Likouala, Congo (Brazzaville) (alarm call, call, subsong, rattle calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus), and both sometimes included in a larger superspecies with Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis), Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi) and Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) - 7 files


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