Ludwig's double-collared sunbird
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Ludwig's double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) or the montane double-collared sunbird, is a small passerine bird which breeds in forested mountains above 1,800 m (5,900 ft) in western Angola as well as the Nyika Plateau of northern Malawi and northeastern Zambia.[1] This bird is sometimes considered to be con-specific with the greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer).[2] It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia.
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Ludwig's double-collared sunbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. ludovicensis |
Binomial name | |
Cinnyris ludovicensis (Bocage, 1868) | |
General range: the montane forest-grassland mosaic of western Angola, besides Malawi's Nyika plateau |
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