Anthreptes

Anthreptes is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

Anthreptes
Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Anthreptes Swainson, 1832
Type species
Cinnyris javanica[1] Swainson, 1832
Species
See text

Species

The genus contains 15 species:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Plain-backed sunbird	Anthreptes reichenowi	Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania
	Anchieta's sunbird	Anthreptes anchietae	Angola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia
	Plain sunbird	Anthreptes simplex	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
	Brown-throated sunbird	Anthreptes malacensis	Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines.
	Grey-throated sunbird	Anthreptes griseigularis	Philippines.
	Red-throated sunbird	Anthreptes rhodolaemus	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
	Mangrove sunbird	Anthreptes gabonicus	Senegal to northwestern Angola.
	Western violet-backed sunbird	Anthreptes longuemarei	sub-Saharan Africa
	Eastern violet-backed sunbird	Anthreptes orientalis	Djibouti in north to Tanzania
	Uluguru violet-backed sunbird	Anthreptes neglectus	eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and north-eastern Mozambique.
	Violet-tailed sunbird	Anthreptes aurantius	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
	Little green sunbird	Anthreptes seimundi	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
	Yellow-chinned sunbird	Anthreptes rectirostris[3]	Sierra Leone to Ghana.
	Grey-chinned sunbird	Anthreptes tephrolaemus[3]	Nigeria to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Bioko.
	Banded green sunbird	Anthreptes rubritorques	Tanzania.

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.
3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.

External links

• Media related to Anthreptes at Wikimedia Commons