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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 04:58:54 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Tacazze Sunbird*
Id (Atlas):
Nectarinia tacazze
Description (10 )
Tacazze Sunbird
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Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)
Size
23 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Stanley, 1814)
Habitat
Highland grassland, heath, forest edge, gardens, cultivated areas. From 800 - 4,000 m.
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A slow, slurred 'chew chew chew'. A twittering, unmisical song.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)... )
Listen to XC300487
Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze ) [XC300487 ]
by Peter Boesman from Ghion park, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (song)
Listen to XC755708
Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze ) [XC755708 ]
by Alexander Schlatmann from Gakawa (near Gitinga Village), Kieni East, Wilaya ya Nyeri, Kenya (call, song)
Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Bocage's Sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii ) and Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris ).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
tacazze (Stanley, 1814) - Highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
jacksoni Neumann, 1899 - Highlands of south-eastern Sudan, northern and eastern Uganda, west, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Tacazze Sunbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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