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Scarlet-chested Sunbird  Chalcomitra senegalensis,Geotagged,Scarlet-chested sunbird,Spring,The Gambia Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

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  1. Lovely photo - what is it feeding on?
    It really is found over a very large range of diverse countries in Africa.
    Posted 10 years ago

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The scarlet-chested sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ant Marriott
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By Ant Marriott

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Uploaded May 12, 2015. Captured Apr 6, 2012 00:43 in Tanji Bird Reserve, Coastal Road, The Gambia.
  • Canon EOS 50D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/790s
  • ISO1250
  • 439mm