Little green sunbird

Anthreptes seimundi

The little green sunbird , also called Seimund's sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''Nectarinia''. It is found in 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.
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Appearance

The little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and warbler-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird. It is 9 cm long. The beak is slightly curved and has a small amount of pink. Around the eye is a pale ring. The cry is high pitched.

Naming

The little green sunbird's binomial classification ''Anthreptes seimundi'' comes from its genus and Eibert Carl Henry Seimund, a British Taxidermist.*''A. s. seimundi'': Bioko
⤷ ''A. s. kruensis'': Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana and Togo.
⤷ ''A. s. minor'': southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda, south to northern Angola and central Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyNectariniidae
GenusAnthreptes
SpeciesA. seimundi
Photographed in
Angola