Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sunbirds and Spiderhunters :: Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei

Described by: Lesson (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Violet-backed Sunbird, African Violet-backed Sunbird
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

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Range

(1) Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea.
(2) Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, n. Zaire, s. Chad, s. Sudan and Uganda.
(3) Sw. Tanzania, Burundi, s. Zaire, Malawi, Zambia and e. Angola.
(4) Se. Tanzania, e. Zimbabwe, and n. Mozambique.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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