Bocage's sunbird
Species of bird
| Bocage's sunbird | |
|---|---|
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| Male in Angola | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Nectarinia |
| Species: | N. bocagii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nectarinia bocagii Shelley, 1879 | |
Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola and the DRC.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nectarinia bocagii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717966A94560196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717966A94560196.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57–58.
External links
Media related to Nectarinia bocagii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Nectarinia bocagii at Wikispecies
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