Nectarinia

Nectarinia is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong to it has been highly contentious for many decades. Towards the late 20th century, the dominant trend was to use it to group all "typical" sunbirds. More recently taxonomists have divided the Nectarinia into eight genera which are now considered distinct from Nectarinia: Leptocoma, Anabathmis, Chalcomitra, Cinnyris, Cyanomitra, Dreptes, Anthobaphes, and Drepanorhynchus.

Nectarinia
Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Nectarinia Illiger, 1811
Type species
Certhia famosa[1] Linnaeus, 1766
Species
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Species

The genus now contains six species:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Bocage's sunbird	Nectarinia bocagii	Angola and the DRC.
	Purple-breasted sunbird	Nectarinia purpureiventris	Albertine Rift montane forests
	Tacazze sunbird	Nectarinia tacazze	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
	Bronze sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
	Malachite sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	Ethiopia southwards to South Africa
	Scarlet-tufted sunbird	Nectarinia johnstoni	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

References

1. "Nectariniidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2019.