Greater double-collared sunbird

Greater double-collared sunbird
Greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) male Mbombela.jpg
Male at Mbombela, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris
Species:
C. afer
Binomial name
Cinnyris afer
(Linnaeus, 1766)
range[1]
  strongholds, occurring year-round
  lower density, passage or vagrancy
Synonyms
  • Certhia afra Linnaeus, 1766
  • Nectarinia graueri
  • Nectarinia afra
male feeding

The greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) is a small bird in the sunbird family. It was formerly placed in genus Nectarinia.

  1. ^ Harrison, J. A., ed. (1997). The Atlas of Southern African birds: Vol.2 Passerines (PDF). Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 504–505. ISBN 0-620-20730-2. Retrieved 29 January 2024.