Congo sunbird

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| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Cinnyris congensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22717998A94561701 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717998A94561701.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Cinnyris

| species = congensis

| authority = (van Oort, 1910)

| synonyms = * Nectarinia congensis

}}

The Congo sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

It is found in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Taxonomy

Monotypic. Formerly considered part of the genus Nectarinia, along with other members of the genus Cinnyris.

Distribution and habitat

Known from the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it occurs in riverine forests along the banks of the middle Congo River and its tributaries.{{cite journal |last1=Cheke |first1=Robert |last2=Mann |first2=Clive |title=Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis), version 1.0 |website=Birds of the World |url = https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/consun2/1.0/introduction |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location=Ithaca, New York, USA |doi=10.2173/bow.consun2.01 |date=4 March 2020|s2cid=216173261 |url-access=subscription }}

References

Congo sunbird

Category:Birds of Central Africa

Congo sunbird

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