Johanna's sunbird
Species of bird
Johanna's sunbird | |
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Female (top), male (bottom) | |
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Female, Ghana | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Cinnyris |
Species: | C. johannae |
Binomial name | |
Cinnyris johannae Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851 | |
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Johanna's sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is widely spread across the African tropical rainforest. It is named after Johanna Verreaux, wife of French naturalist Édouard Verreaux.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cinnyris johannae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718031A131982012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718031A131982012.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2020-03-19). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-8269-8.
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