Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) - HBW 13, p. 284
French: Souimanga è ceinture rouge
German: Schmucknektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Pechirrojo
Taxonomy: Nectarinia erythrocerca Hartlaub, 1857, White Nile, S of 8° N, south Sudan.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. congensis, and both sometimes included in a larger superspecies with C. mariquensis, C. shelleyi and C. nectarinioides. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Sudan, E DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, W Kenya and NW and extreme W Tanzania, with isolated records in C & E Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair carrying food to the nestlings repeatedly Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A female at the nest feeding nestlings and calling Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 48 sec 4.5 -
A perched male singing and preening its breast Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 44 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding on nectar in a flowering tree Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A male preening and singing at the end. Locality Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2008 3 years ago 36 sec 4 -
A male singing from a dead branch and flying away Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 20 sec 4
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Solo bird resting in shrub.
Locality Ggaba, Kampala, Uganda
ddarbela 4 January 2012 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male feeding on flowers in resort garden.
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Tom Tarrant 29 December 2005 2 years ago 2.5
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