Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema) - HBW 13, p. 259
French: Souimanga à gorge bleue
German: Braunrücken-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Gorjiazul
Other common names: Blue-headed Brown/Blue-throated Sunbird
Taxonomy: N.[ectarinia] cyanolaemus Jardine and Fraser, 1851, Malabo, Bioko.
No apparent close relative; shows characters of both present genus and Chalcomitra. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- magnirostrata (Bates, 1930) - Sierra Leone E to Togo.
- octaviae Amadon, 1953 - SW Nigeria, Cameroon and S Central African Republic E to Uganda (Budongo Forest) and W Kenya (Kakamega Forest), and S to N Angola and S DRCongo (Katanga); also NW & W Tanzania.
- cyanolaema (Jardine & Fraser, 1851) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on different flowers. Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp octaviae)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 March 2008 3 years ago 13 sec 4
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Adult male perched
Locality Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp octaviae)
Nik Borrow 15 July 2008 19 weeks ago 3.5
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