Green-throated sunbird

Green-throated sunbird
Female specimen
Nairobi National Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Chalcomitra
Species: C. rubescens
Binomial name
Chalcomitra rubescens
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Nectarinia rubescens

The green-throated sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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