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The Usambara double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is a resident breeder in the tropical moist montane forests of southeast Kenya and Tanga Region of Tanzania.

Taxonomy

The Usambara double-collared sunbird was described as a subspecies of the eastern double-collared sunbird by the German ornithologist Hermann Grote in 1922 and given the trinomial name Cinnyris mediocris usambaricus. He description was based on specimens collected in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.[2] It was promoted to species status based on differences in plumage and genetics.[3] The species is monotypic.[4]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris usambaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103799620A104276065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103799620A104276065.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Grote, Herman (1922). "Neue Vogelarten". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 30: 86–87.
  3. ^ Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldså, J.; Hackett, S.J.; Crowe, T.M. (2004). "Systematics and biogeography of Double-collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania". Auk. 121 (3): 660–681. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0660:SABODS]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4090305. S2CID 86592887.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 May 2018.


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