Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) - HBW 13, p. 260
French: Souimanga d’Aline
German: Ruwenzorinektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Cabeciazul
Other common names: Rwenzori Blue-headed Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cyanomitra alinae F. J. Jackson, 1904, Rwenzori, DRCongo.
Genus formerly subsumed in Nectarinia. Has been thought to be possibly part of a superspecies formed by C. verticalis, C. bannermani and C. oritis. Proposed race vulcanorum (described from W Kivu Volcanoes, in E DRCongo) considered a synonym of tanganjicae. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- derooi (Prigogine, 1975) - NE DRCongo in two main populations (one W of L Albert, the other W of L Edward).
- alinae F. J. Jackson, 1904 - NE DRCongo (W Rwenzori Mts, Virunga Volcanoes) and SW Uganda (E Rwenzoris, Bwindi Forest).
- tanganjicae (Reichenow, 1915) - E DRCongo (mountains W of L Kivu, Itombwe Mts, NW of L Tanganyika), Rwanda (Nyungwe forest, SE of L Kivu) and Burundi.
- derooi (Prigogine, 1975) - NE DRCongo in two main populations (one W of L Albert, the other W of L Edward).
- alinae F. J. Jackson, 1904 - NE DRCongo (W Rwenzori Mts, Virunga Volcanoes) and SW Uganda (E Rwenzoris, Bwindi Forest).
- tanganjicae (Reichenow, 1915) - E DRCongo (mountains W of L Kivu, Itombwe Mts, NW of L Tanganyika), Rwanda (Nyungwe forest, SE of L Kivu) and Burundi.
- kaboboensis (Prigogine, 1975) - Mt Kabobo, in E DRCongo.
- marungensis (Prigogine, 1975) - Marungu Mts, in SE DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male mobbing a Red-chested Owlet Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp alinae)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
high in a tree Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp alinae)
Daniêl Jimenez 19 September 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 2.7
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Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae)
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Kilian Wasmer 9 February 2008 2 years ago 4
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