Bocage's sunbird
Bocage's sunbird | |
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Male in Angola | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Nectarinia |
Species: | N. bocagii |
Binomial name | |
Nectarinia bocagii Shelley, 1879 | |
The Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola and the DRC.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nectarinia bocagii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 57–58.
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