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 NT    Plain-backed Sunbird* Id (Atlas):
    Anthreptes reichenowi

Description (6)
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Other Names (World)
Plain-backed Sunbird, Blue-throated (Little)/Plain-backed Little/Gunning's Sunbird, Zambesi Blue-headed Sunbird, Kenya Sunbird (yokanae)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gunning, 1909

Habitat
Lowland forest, thick bush, gallery forest, forest edges and gardens. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Mozambique (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Zimbabwe (B) (NB).

Vagrant to South Africa (NB), Swaziland.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through deforestation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) [XC201496]
     by Frank Lambert from Matutu\u00edne District, Maputo, Mozambique (song)

 
Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) [XC456761]
     by isaac kilusu from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes regarded as forming a superspecies with Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • yokanae Hartert, 1921   -  South-eastern Kenya (Sokoke) southern in coastal forests to north-eastern and south-eastern Tanzania.
  • reichenowi Gunning, 1909   -  North-central and eastern Zimbabwe, south-western and south-eastern Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) - 6 files


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