Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) - HBW 13, p. 246

French: Souimanga de Reichenow German: Blaukehl-Nektarvogel Spanish: Suimanga de Reichenow
Other common names: Blue-throated (Little)/Plain-backed Little/Gunning’s Sunbird, Zambesi Blue-headed Sunbird; Kenya Sunbird (yokanae)

Taxonomy: Anthreptes reichenowi Gunning, 1909, Mzimbiti, near Beira, Mozambique.
Sometimes regarded as forming a superspecies with A. anchietae. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

yokanae van Someren, 1921 - SE Kenya (Sokoke) S in coastal forests to NE & SE Tanzania.
reichenowi Gunning, 1909 - NC & E Zimbabwe, SW & SE Mozambique and NE South Africa.

Near Threatened

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Male bird feeding in the subcanopy of dense Brachystegia forest. Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp yokanae)
Steve Garvie 4 August 2007 3 years ago 4
Bird in the hand, ringed and released Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp yokanae)
Steven W. Evans 6 April 2003 37 weeks ago 3.3