Cinnyris

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Nectariniidae • Genus: Cinnyris

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Cinnyris

• Included species (for IOC classification 2.7):

C. abbotti, C. afer, C. asiaticus, C. batesi, C. bifasciatus, C. bouvieri, C. buettikoferi, C. chalcomelas, C. chalybeus, C. chloropygius, C. coccinigastrus, C. comorensis, C. congensis, C. coquerellii, C. cupreus, C. dussumieri, C. erythrocercus, C. fuelleborni, C. fuscus, C. habessinicus, C. hofmanni, C. humbloti, C. johannae, C. jugularis, C. lotenius, C. loveridgei, C. ludovicensis, C. manoensis, C. mariquensis, C. mediocris, C. minullus, C. moreaui, C. nectarinioides, C. neergaardi, C. notatus, C. osea, C. oustaleti, C. pembae, C. prigoginei, C. pulchellus, C. regius, C. reichenowi, C. rockefelleri, C. rufipennis, C. shelleyi, C. solaris, C. sovimanga, C. stuhlmanni, C. superbus, C. talatala, C. tsavoensis, C. ursulae, C. usambaricus, C. venustus

• Note: This genus is often considered as integrated in the genus Nectarinia

• IOC link: Cinnyris in order Passeriformes subcat

Cinnyris abbotti (cat.)

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Cinnyris afer (cat.)

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Cinnyris asiaticus (cat.)

Purple sunbird

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  male, non-breeding plumage, Bharatpur
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  juvenile Female

Cinnyris batesi (cat.)

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Cinnyris bifasciatus (cat.)

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  Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus
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  Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus
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Cinnyris bouvieri (cat.)

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  Orange-tufted Sunbird
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Cinnyris buettikoferi (cat.)

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Cinnyris chalcomelas (cat.)

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Cinnyris chalybeus (cat.)

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Cinnyris chloropygius (cat.)

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Cinnyris coccinigastrus (cat.)

Splendid sunbird

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  male, Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
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Cinnyris comorensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris congensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris coquerellii (cat.)

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Cinnyris cupreus (cat.)

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Cinnyris dussumieri (cat.)

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  Female
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Cinnyris erythrocercus (cat.)

Red-chested sunbird

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  male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
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Cinnyris fuelleborni (cat.)

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Cinnyris fuscus (cat.)

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  Male winter plumage
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Cinnyris habessinicus (cat.)

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Cinnyris hofmanni (cat.)

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Cinnyris humbloti (cat.)

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Cinnyris johannae (cat.)

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Cinnyris jugularis (cat.)

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  Male summer plumage
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  Male winter plumage
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  Female
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  Nest

Cinnyris lotenius (cat.)

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Cinnyris loveridgei (cat.)

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Cinnyris ludovicensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris manoensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris mariquensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris mediocris (cat.)

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  Male

Cinnyris minullus (cat.)

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Cinnyris moreaui (cat.)

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Cinnyris nectarinioides (cat.)

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Cinnyris neergaardi (cat.)

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Cinnyris notatus (cat.)

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Cinnyris osea (cat.)

Palestine sunbird

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  male C. o. osea, Jordan
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  female C. o. osea, Jordan
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  Female feeding chicks
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  Male

Cinnyris oustaleti (cat.)

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Cinnyris pembae (cat.)

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Cinnyris prigoginei (cat.)

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Cinnyris pulchellus (cat.)

Beautiful sunbird

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  male C. p. pulchellus
  Gambia
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  juvenile C. p. pulchellus
  Gambia
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  Male winter plumage
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  Male winter plumage
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Cinnyris regius (cat.)

Regal sunbird

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  male
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  male C. r. regius moulting
  Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Cinnyris reichenowi preussi (cat.)

Northern double-collared sunbird

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  male, Uganda

Cinnyris rockefelleri (cat.)

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Cinnyris rufipennis (cat.)

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Cinnyris shelleyi (cat.)

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Cinnyris solaris (cat.)

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Cinnyris sovimanga (cat.)

Souimanga sunbird

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  male C. s. apolis
  Toliara, Madagascar
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  female C. s. apolis
  Toliara, Madagascar
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Cinnyris stuhlmanni (cat.)

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Cinnyris superbus (cat.)

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Cinnyris talatala (cat.)

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  Male
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Cinnyris tsavoensis (cat.)

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Cinnyris ursulae (cat.)

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Cinnyris usambaricus (cat.)

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Cinnyris venustus (cat.)

Variable sunbird

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  male C. v. venustus, Gambia
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  female C. v. venustus, Gambia
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  male C. v. falkensteini, Kenya
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  female C. v. falkensteini, Kenya

More than one species

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  Cinnyris reichenowi & Zosterops kikuyuensis