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Bocage's sunbird

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Bocage's sunbird
Male in Angola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Nectarinia
Species:
N. bocagii
Binomial name
Nectarinia bocagii
Shelley, 1879
Nectarinia bocagii

Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is present in the Bié Plateau (Angola) and southern DRC.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nectarinia bocagii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717966A94560196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717966A94560196.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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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