Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) - HBW 13, p. 271
French: Souimanga à ventre pourpre
German: Purpurbauch-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Pechipúrpura
Other common names: Rainbow Bird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris purpureiventris Reichenow, 1893, Migere, western Mpororo = south-western Uganda.
Possibly forms a superspecies with N. bocagii and N. tacazze. Monotypic.
Distribution: Albertine Rift mountains in E DRCongo, SW Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult and then a juvenile male in a mossy Cecropia Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 3
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Perched on tree Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 23 January 2010 1 year ago 2.4
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