| Pemba sunbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyris |
| Species: | C. pembae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cinnyris pembae Reichenow, 1905
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| Range in Tanzania | |
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Nectarinia pembae | |
The Pemba sunbird (Cinnyris pembae) is a species of bird in the sunbird family. It is endemic to Pemba Island, in Tanzania.
Males have a wingspan of 51.5-53 mm, while females have a wingspan of 47.5-50 mm.[2] As pictured, adult males display iridescent blue-green coloration on their head and throat with bluish violet coloration on their wings and across their breast. Females have a gray-brown coloration on their head and wings, a pale yellow underside with blurry streaking and a small pale yellow lateral streak posterior to the eye.[3]
A breeding pair were seen feeding their chicks in the characteristic hanging nest on Unguja Island in June 2018.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cinnyris pembae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718017A94562636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718017A94562636.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Clancey, PA; Williams, John (1967). "The systematics of the Little Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw), with notes on its allies". Durban Museum Novitates. 5: 27-41. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Pemba Sunbird - eBird". eBird. Retrieved 25 April 2024.