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Anthreptes
Sign in to saveAnthreptes is a genus of passerine birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyNectariniidae
Observations recorded137,803
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 62
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Collections
- CUMV, CM, MNHN, FMNH, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Angola, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Anthreptes is a genus of passerine birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.
These small birds are found in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Greater Sunda Islands, the Philippines and western Wallacea. Most species show marked sexual dichromatism with the male having more brightly coloured plumage.
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