The olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel. It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Cyanomitra |
| Species: | C. olivacea
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| Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith, 1840)
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Nectarinia olivacea | |
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Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana
The western subspecies (roughly west of the East African Rift) are sometimes split as the western olive sunbird, Cyanomitra obscura, in which case Cyanomitra olivacea becomes the eastern olive sunbird
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanomitra olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717691A131978137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717691A131978137.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Further reading
edit- Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldså, J.; Hackett, S.J.; Crowe, T.M. (2004). "Molecular evolution in space and through time: mtDNA phylogeography of the Olive Sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea/obscura) throughout continental Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (1): 56–74. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.013. PMID 15324839.
External links
edit- Olive sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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