Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi) - HBW 13, p. 252
French: Souimanga de Seimund
German: Stutzschwanz-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga de Seimund
Other common names: Seimund’s Little Green Sunbird, Little Olive Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris seimundi Ogilvie-Grant, 1908, Banterbari, Bioko.
Sometimes placed in genus Nectarinia; with such treatment, race name minor becomes invalid, as preoccupied, and must then be replaced by name traylori. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kruensis (Bannerman, 1911) - W Guinea and Sierra Leone E to Togo.
- minor Bates, 1926 - SE Nigeria, Cameroon, S Central African Republic E to DRCongo, S Sudan, Uganda (Budongo Forest) and extreme NW Tanzania, S to NW & NE Angola.
- seimundi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1908) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, foraging Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp traylori)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 38 sec 3.7
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Adult perched
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp kruensis)
Nik Borrow 5 February 2013 10 weeks ago 4 -
Male nestbuilding
Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda
Jason Anderson 10 August 2010 2 years ago 2.5
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