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Orange-breasted Sunbird
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anthobaphes violacea, Necterinia violacea
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- Orange-breasted sunbird på Leucadendron strobilinum - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg
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- taxon rank
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- endemic to
- fynbos
- Commons category
- Anthobaphes violacea
- taxon name
- Anthobaphes violacea
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- Anthobaphes violacea
- taxon common name
- nectarínia-alaranjada
- short name
- A. violacea
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) is a species of small, predominantly nectar-feeding bird that is endemic to the fynbos shrubland biome of southwestern South Africa. It is the only member of the genus Anthobaphes, in the family Nectariniidae (the sunbirds and spiderhunters), though it is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. The birds are sexually dimorphic, with females being olive green while the males are orange to yellow on the underside with bright green, blue and purple on the head and neck.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orange-breasted Sunbird” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.