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Cinnyris
Sign in to savethumb|Male Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea|Cinnyris osea osea) thumb|Male Cinnyris sovimanga|Cinnyris sovimanga apolis Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers.
Species
Ornate Sunbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyNectariniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 240
- With media
- 126
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLO, CAS
- Recorded in
- Dr Congo, Philippines, Madagascar, Seychelles, Kenya
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- Parent taxon
- sunbird
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- Cinnyris afer -Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, South Africa-8a.jpg
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thumb|Male Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea|Cinnyris osea osea) thumb|Male Cinnyris sovimanga|Cinnyris sovimanga apolis Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers.
The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cinnyris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.