Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Pygmy Sunbird (Anthodiaeta platura) - HBW 13, p. 254
French: Souimanga pygmée
German: Grünbrust-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Pigmeo
Other common names: Pygmy Long-tailed/Western Pygmy/Southern Pygmy Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris platurus Vieillot, 1819, Senegal.
Genus formerly subsumed in Anthreptes; recently, this species and its three congeners were placed in a genus Hedydipna, but this name invalid, current genus name having precedence. Forms a superspecies with A. metallica, and formerly treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: W & S Mauritania and Senegal E to Sudan and W Ethiopia, S to N Guinea, N Ivory Coast, N Cameroon, NE DRCongo, Uganda and NW Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female fixing the nest Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A female coming into the nest twice Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A male Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A female and then a male Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 13 sec 4 -
male and female Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 December 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 3.7 -
A male preening Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3.3
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A male Pygmy Sunbird displaying to a nearby female.
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 24 November 2005 3 years ago 3.3 -
Male bird feeding
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 26 March 2013 6 weeks ago 3.3
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