Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) - HBW 13, p. 277
French: Souimanga d’Angola
German: Bergnektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Angoleño
Other common names: Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird, Bocage’s Montane Double-collared Sunbird
Taxonomy: Nectarinea [sic] ludovicensis Bocage, 1868, Biballa, Mossamedes, Angola.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. stuhlmanni and C. prigoginei; sometimes treated as conspecific with one or other of those. Has been considered conspecific also with C. afer, and is closely related to C. reichenowi. Races geographically isolated from each other, possibly represent separate species. Further, an as yet undescribed taxon, apparently close to race whytei, occurs in NE Zambia and Tanzania (where fairly common at some localities in Eastern Arc mountains at forest edges and towards rainshadow NW of mountains);.. View all taxonomy...
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. stuhlmanni and C. prigoginei; sometimes treated as conspecific with one or other of those. Has been considered conspecific also with C. afer, and is closely related to C. reichenowi. Races geographically isolated from each other, possibly represent separate species. Further, an as yet undescribed taxon, apparently close to race whytei, occurs in NE Zambia and Tanzania (where fairly common at some localities in Eastern Arc mountains at forest edges and towards rainshadow NW of mountains); may belong with this species or C. manoensis, or represent a distinct species (see page 201). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ludovicensis (Bocage, 1868) - highlands of W Angola.
- whytei Benson, 1948 - N Malawi (Nyika Plateau) and adjacent parts of Zambia.
- Least Concern
- No videos available yet
- No photographs available yet
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page