Southern double-collared sunbird | |
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Male at Greyton, Western Cape, South Africa | |
Song and calls recorded in Cape Province, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. chalybeus
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Binomial name | |
Cinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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range[2] strongholds, occurring year-round lower density, passage or vagrancy
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The southern double-collared sunbird or lesser double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It is mainly resident, but partially migratory in the north-east of its range.