Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) - HBW 13, p. 258
French: Souimanga à tête verte
German: Grünkopf-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Cabeciverde
Other common names: Green-headed Olive/Olive-backed Sunbird(!)
Taxonomy: Certhia verticalis Latham, 1790, Africa = Senegal.
Genus formerly subsumed in Nectarinia. Has been thought to form a superspecies with C. bannermani, possibly including also C. oritis and C. alinae. Nominate race and bohndorffi intergrade in Cameroon. Proposed race niassae, described from Kondeland (N of L Malawi), in SW Tanzania, appears indistinguishable from viridisplendens. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- verticalis (Latham, 1790) - Senegal E to W & N Cameroon.
- bohndorffi (Reichenow, 1887) - C & S Cameroon and Central African Republic S to inland Gabon, middle DRCongo and N Angola.
- cyanocephala (Shaw, 1811) - coasts of mainland Equatorial Guinea and Gabon S to NW Angola (Cabinda) and extreme W DRCongo (mouth of R Congo).
- viridisplendens (Reichenow, 1892) - S Sudan and NE & E DRCongo E to Uganda, Kenya (E to Mt Kenya) and Tanzania, and NE Zambia and N Malawi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird eating Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 September 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A male in a tree and then flying to feed on an inflorescence Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
preening and flying away Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Daniêl Jimenez 21 September 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4 -
eating nektar Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Daniêl Jimenez 19 September 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 4 -
A male in a bush, preening and flying away Locality Bigodi Swamp, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
coming to drink,on the right african thrush Locality Farasuto Forest, Kuloro, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp verticalis)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 January 2012 15 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 3.6
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Male feeding in resort garden.
Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp viridisplendens)
Tom Tarrant 9 January 2006 2 years ago 4 -
A visiting male.
Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp verticalis)
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 44 weeks ago 3.4
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A female singing on a branch. Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia
(ssp verticalis)
herve jacob 18 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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