Nectarinia

Nectarinia is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong to it has been highly contentious for many decades. Towards the late 20th century, the dominant trend was to use it to group all "typical" sunbirds. More recently taxonomists have divided the Nectarinia into eight genera which are now considered distinct from Nectarinia: Leptocoma, Anabathmis, Chalcomitra, Cinnyris, Cyanomitra, Dreptes, Anthobaphes, and Drepanorhynchus.

Nectarinia
Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Nectarinia
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Certhia famosa[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

See text

Species

The genus now contains six species:[2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Bocage's sunbirdNectarinia bocagiiAngola and the DRC.
Purple-breasted sunbirdNectarinia purpureiventrisBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Tacazze sunbirdNectarinia tacazzeEritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Bronzy sunbirdNectarinia kilimensisAngola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Malachite sunbirdNectarinia famosaEthiopia southwards to South Africa
Scarlet-tufted sunbirdNectarinia johnstoniDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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.
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