Red-chested sunbird

The red-chested sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Red-chested sunbird
Male, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Cinnyris
Species:	C. erythrocercus
Binomial name
Cinnyris erythrocercus (Hartlaub, 1857)
Synonyms[2]
Nectarinia erythrocerca Hartlaub, 1857 Cinnyris mariquensis kiwuensis Berger, 1907 Nectarinia mariquensis kiwuensis (Berger, 1907) Nectarinia adolfifriederici Reichenow, 1908 Nectarinia erythrocerca adolfi-friederici (Reichenow, 1908)

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-chested sunbird was originally described as Nectarinia erythrocercus by Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 based on specimens collected near the White Nile.^[3]