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Humblot's Sunbird
Cinnyris humbloti Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Humblot's Sunbird, Cinnyris humbloti, is a passerine of the sunbird family that breeds in the western Comoros. It occurs on Grand Comoro and Mohéli, where it lives in forest, gardens and scrub from sea level up to 790 metres. The species has two subspecies, one on Grand Comoro and one on Mohéli. Its scientific name honours the French naturalist Léon Humblot. The adult male shows green upperparts with a dark or golden sheen, while the female is olive green above with greyer underparts, dark markings, and a white tip to the tail and pectoral tufts.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: w Comoros
