Greater double-collared sunbird

Greater double-collared sunbird
Male at Mbombela, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. afer
Binomial name
Cinnyris afer
(Linnaeus, 1766)
range
  strongholds, occurring year-round
  lower density, passage or vagrancy
Synonyms
  • Certhia afra Linnaeus, 1766
  • Nectarinia graueri
  • Nectarinia afra

The greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) is a small bird in the sunbird family. It was formerly placed in genus Nectarinia.

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