Forest double-collared sunbird
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| image= Cinnyris Anthothreptes Gronvold.jpg
| image_caption = Forest double-collared sunbird on top
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Cinnyris
| species = fuelleborni
| authority = Reichenow, 1899
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The forest double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris fuelleborni) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is a resident breeder of tropical moist montane forests in parts of East Africa.
Taxonomy
The forest double-collared sunbird was described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1899 and given the binomial name Cinnyris fülleborni. He specified the type location as Kalinga in the Iringa Region of Tanzania.{{ cite journal | last=Reichenow | first=Anton | author-link=Anton Reichenow | year=1899 | title=Neue Vogelarten | language=German | journal=Ornithologische Monatsberichte | volume=7 | issue=1 | pages=7-9 [7] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32584424 }} The specific name was chosen to honour the German physician and naturalist Friedrich Fülleborn.{{cite web | last=Jobling | first=J.A. | year=2018 | title= Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/fuelleborni-fuellebornii | accessdate=8 May 2018 }}
This species was formerly considered as a subspecies of the eastern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris) but was promoted to species status based on differences in plumage and genetics.{{ cite journal | last1=Bowie | first1=R.C.K. | last2=Fjeldså | first2=J. | last3=Hackett | first3=S.J. | last4=Crowe | first4=T.M. | year=2004 | title=Systematics and biogeography of Double-collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania | journal=Auk | volume=121 | issue=3 | pages=660–681 | doi=10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0660:SABODS]2.0.CO;2 | jstor=4090305 }}
References
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