Anthreptes

Anthreptes is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

Anthreptes
Brown-throated sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Anthreptes
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Cinnyris javanica[1]
Swainson, 1832
Species

See text

Species

The genus contains 15 species:[2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Plain-backed sunbirdAnthreptes reichenowiKenya and north-eastern Tanzania
Anchieta's sunbirdAnthreptes anchietaeAngola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia
Plain sunbirdAnthreptes simplexBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Brown-throated sunbirdAnthreptes malacensisMyanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines.
Grey-throated sunbirdAnthreptes griseigularisPhilippines.
Red-throated sunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemusBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Mangrove sunbirdAnthreptes gabonicusSenegal to northwestern Angola.
Western violet-backed sunbirdAnthreptes longuemareisub-Saharan Africa
Eastern violet-backed sunbirdAnthreptes orientalisDjibouti in north to Tanzania
Uluguru violet-backed sunbirdAnthreptes neglectuseastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and north-eastern Mozambique.
Violet-tailed sunbirdAnthreptes aurantiusAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
Little green sunbirdAnthreptes seimundiAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Yellow-chinned sunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris[3]Sierra Leone to Ghana.
Grey-chinned sunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus[3]Nigeria to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Bioko.
Banded green sunbirdAnthreptes rubritorquesTanzania.

References
  1. "Nectariniidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.


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