Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi) - HBW 13, p. 297
French: Souimanga de Sumba
German: Sumbanektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga de Sumba
Other common names: Sumba (Island) Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris büttikoferi E. J. O. Hartert, 1896, Sumba Island, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. jugularis, and possibly conspecific; closely related also to C. solaris. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sumba, in C Lesser Sunda Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Side view of Male on bare branch. Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas
mark sutton 10 June 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 3
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A perched bird.
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
mehdhalaouate 2 December 2005 3 years ago 2.7
- No sound recordings available yet
