Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris) - HBW 13, p. 279
French: Souimanga du Kilimandjaro
German: Füllebornnektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga del Kilimanjaro
Other common names: Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (usambaricus); Forest Double-collared Sunbird (fuelleborni)
Taxonomy: Cinnyris mediocris Shelley, 1885, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. May form a superspecies with C. moreaui and C. loveridgei. Recent analyses of mitochondrial DNA suggest that nominate race, usambaricus, and fuelleborni may represent three distinct species, but status of bensoni obscure. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mediocris Shelley, 1885 - W & C Kenya and N Tanzania.
- usambaricus Grote, 1922 - SE Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- fuelleborni Reichenow, 1899 - C & S Tanzania, NE Zambia (Mafinga Mts) and N Malawi (Karonga District).
- bensoni J. G. Williams, 1953 - S Malawi and N Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult Usambara Double-collared Sunbird bird feeding on flowering shrub in gardens at mazumbi.
Locality Mazumbi, West Usambara, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (ssp usambaricus)
M P Goodey 1 January 2009 45 weeks ago 4 -
A perched male
Locality Kenya (ssp mediocris)
monicayhector 1 January 1990 2 years ago 1.5
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