Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens)

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens) [XC508779]
by Peter Boesman from Mad Man's crossing, Jimbe drainage, North-western province, Zambia (song)

Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens) [XC497458]
by Peter Boesman from Matek Mavie, Estuaire, Gabon (song)

Subspecies
Forms a group with Carmelite Sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa) and Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) and sometimes thought to form a superspecies with those, despite considerable geographical overlap, but all appear to hybridize occasionally in areas where they meet. Alternatively, may form a superspecies with Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

crossensis Serle, 1963 - Extreme south-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon (Mamfe and to west of Bamenda).
stangerii (Jardine, 1842) - Bioko I (Fernando P�o).
rubescens (Vieillot, 1819) - Central and southern Cameroon, south-west, south-eastern and northern Central African Republic and southern borders of Sudan south to northern Angola, north-western Zambia, southern and eastern DRCongo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens) - 10 files

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