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Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga) and Anjouan Sunbird (Cinnyris comorensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include comorensis as a subspecies of Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga).

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with Humblot's Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti) and Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga) and all 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).


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