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Yellow-chinned Sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris (Shaw, 1812)
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Yellow-chinned Sunbird, Anthreptes rectirostris, is a bird of West Africa, recorded from Sierra Leone to Ghana. It belongs to the sunbird family, Nectariniidae, and was described by Shaw in 1812. The grey-chinned sunbird, Anthreptes tephrolaemus, was once treated as part of the same species. This bird is placed in the order Passeriformes. Its known breeding range lies across that stretch of the West African coast.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sierra Leone to Ghana
