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Prigogine's double-collared sunbird

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Prigogine's double-collared sunbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. prigoginei
Binomial name
Cinnyris prigoginei
MacDonald, 1958
Synonyms
  • Cinnyris afer prigoginei
  • Nectarinia prigoginei

Prigogine's sunbird or Prigogine's double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

Taxonomy

It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer).[2] Alternatively, it has been considered related to other members of the greater double-collared sunbird species complex, including Stuhlmann's sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) and montane double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis), but it is now regarded as a full species.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the Marungu highlands of Tanganyika Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is montane forest.[3]

Conservation

It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris prigoginei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103798427A104275573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103798427A104275573.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mann, Clive F.; Cheke, Robert A. (2010-07-30). Sunbirds: A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408135679.
  3. ^ a b c Cheke, Robert; Mann, Clive (4 March 2020). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Prigogine's Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.prisun3.01. S2CID 216393847.
  4. ^ Clancey, P. A.; Irwin, M. P. S. (1978). "Species limits in the Nectarinia afra/N. chalybea complex of African doublecollared sunbirds". Durban Museum Novitates. 11 (20): 331–351.