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Arabian Sunbird
Cinnyris hellmayri Neumann, 1904
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Arabian Sunbird, Cinnyris hellmayri, is a bird of the western and southern Arabian Peninsula in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in the southwestern Arabian foothills savanna, where it uses rocky and sandy ground and dry river beds. Areas with Acacia and Ziziphus trees form part of its preferred habitat. Described by Neumann in 1904, it belongs to the order Passeriformes. Two subspecies are recognised, Cinnyris hellmayri hellmayri and Cinnyris hellmayri kinneari.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: w, s Arabian Pen.
