Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti)

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti) [XC336081]
by Peter Boesman from Palmci estate, Boubo, Sud-Bandama, Ivory Coast (call)

Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti) [XC780946]
by id from Gola Rainforest NP, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone (song)

Subspecies
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens). Alternatively, considered by others possibly closer to Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

adelberti (Gervais, 1834) - North-western Guinea, and Sierra Leone east to Ghana and west-central Togo.
eboensis (Jardine, 1842) - Eastern Benin east to south-eastern Nigeria and western border of Cameroon.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti) - 10 files

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