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 LC    Red-tufted Sunbird* Id (Atlas):
    Nectarinia johnstoni

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-tufted Sunbird, Red-tufted Malachite Sunbird, Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird, Long-tailed Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1885

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,900 - 4,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

 
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) [XC702534]
     by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Nkanda, Wilaya ya Kisoro, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (call)

 
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) [XC840589]
     by Brendan Sloan from Rwenzori Mountains , Western Region, Uganda (call, song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa). Subspecies nyikensis formerly known as salvadorii, but latter name invalid, as preoccupied.

Proposed subspecies idia (described from Mt Kenya) treated as synonym of nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • dartmouthi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906   -  Eastern DRCongo, south-western Uganda and western Rwanda.
  • itombwensis Prigogine, 1977   -  Itombwe Mts (at 2350-3100 m), in eastern DRCongo.
  • johnstoni Shelley, 1885   -  Highlands of central Kenya and northern Tanzania.
  • nyikensis Delacour, 1944   -  Highlands in southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi.



References
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Files:
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