giant sunbird

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Dreptes thomensis 12933301 (cropped).jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Dreptes thomensis |volume=2018 |page=e.T22717719A132236453 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717719A132236453.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Dreptes

| parent_authority = Reichenow, 1914

| species = thomensis

| authority = (Barbosa du Bocage, 1889)

| synonyms = *Nectarinia thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1889

| range_map = Dreptes thomensis range map.svg

| range_map_caption = range

}}

The giant sunbird (Dreptes thomensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the only species in the genus Dreptes.[http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3], accessed 16 January 2019 It is endemic to the island of São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe), where it occurs in the central massif.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was first described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1889.