Usambara Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris usambaricus Grote, 1922

Nectariniidae — Sunbirds

Usambara Double-collared Sunbird, Cinnyris usambaricus, is a bird of the family Nectariniidae that breeds in south-east Kenya and north-east Tanzania. It was described by Grote in 1922. Its breeding range lies in tropical moist montane forest, including the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and the Tanga Region. The bird was first treated as a subspecies of the eastern double-collared sunbird, then later recognised as a full species. That change was made on the basis of plumage and genetic differences. It is the only member of its type.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Breeding range: Africa: se Kenya and ne Tanzania