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Birdwatching in Africa - Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis


The Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. 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.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
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Taxonomy
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the scarlet-chested sunbird in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name Le grimpereau violet du Sénégal and the Latin Certhia Senegalensis Violacea.

Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.

One of these was the scarlet-chested sunbird. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Certhia senegalensis and cited Brisson's work.This species is now placed in the genus Chalcomitra that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853. Six subspecies are recognised.

Length: 15 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 12 - 15 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male

• Male: Black with iridescent emerald-green crown and chin and scarlet throat and upper breast. Bill, legs and feet black, eyes dark brown.

• Female: Upper parts and face dark brown, eyebrow whitish. Chin and throat dark brown, feathers edged light brown. Breast and belly pale yellow, streaked dark brown.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


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Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: 21 October 2019(Date of first photo that I could use)
Location: Awash National Park, Ethiopia

Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis
Scarlet-chested Sunbird




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