Pygmy sunbird

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| image = Pygmy Sunbird - Gambia (32496575862).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Hedydipna platura |volume=2018 |page=e.T22717672A131977543 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717672A131977543.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Hedydipna

| species = platura

| authority = (Vieillot, 1819)

| synonyms = Anthreptes platurus

Anthodiaeta platura

}}

The pygmy sunbird (Hedydipna platura) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Description

Male birds have green back, yellow belly, and an extremely long central tail feather, while females have gray-brown upperparts and dim-yellow underparts.{{Cite web |title=Pygmy Sunbird - eBird |url=https://ebird.org/species/pygsun2?siteLanguage=en_IN |website=ebird.org |language=en}}

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