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Prigogine's double-collared sunbird | |
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Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. prigoginei |
Binomial name | |
Cinnyris prigoginei MacDonald, 1958 | |
Synonyms | |
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Prigogine's sunbird or Prigogine's double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Taxonomy
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer). Alternatively, it has been considered related to other members of the greater double-collared sunbird species complex, including Stuhlmann's sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) and montane double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis), but it is now regarded as a full species.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the Marungu highlands of Tanganyika Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is montane forest.
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris prigoginei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103798427A104275573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103798427A104275573.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Mann, Clive F.; Cheke, Robert A. (2010-07-30). Sunbirds: A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408135679.
- ^ Cheke, Robert; Mann, Clive (4 March 2020). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Prigogine's Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.prisun3.01. S2CID 216393847.
- Clancey, P. A.; Irwin, M. P. S. (1978). "Species limits in the Nectarinia afra/N. chalybea complex of African doublecollared sunbirds". Durban Museum Novitates. 11 (20): 331–351.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cinnyris prigoginei |
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