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Shelley's Sunbird
Cinnyris shelleyi Alexander, 1899
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Shelley's Sunbird, Cinnyris shelleyi, is a bird of the sunbird family Nectariniidae in Africa, breeding in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania, through Zambia, northern Zimbabwe and northern Mozambique. It was described by Alexander in 1899. The species is named for George Ernest Shelley, an English ornithologist. Two subspecies are recognised, with one occurring in east Tanzania and the other across the wider breeding range. The form C. s. hofmanni has at times been treated as a separate species, Hofmann's sunbird.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: se DRCongo and Tanzania to Zambia, n Zimbabwe and n Mozambique
