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Whyte's Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris whytei Benson, 1948
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Whyte's Double-collared Sunbird, Cinnyris whytei, is a bird of eastern Africa in the sunbird family, with a breeding range in Zambia, Malawi and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. It was first described by Benson in 1948 and is now treated as a full species rather than part of Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird. Its habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. Two subspecies are recognised, with the nominate form in Zambia and Malawi and C. w. skye in Tanzania.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: ec
