Nectarinia - Scarlet-Chested Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Long-Billed Green Sunbird, Purple-Throated Sunbird, Green-Headed Sunbird (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Chapters: Scarlet-Chested Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Long-Billed Green Sunbird, Purple-Throated Sunbird, Green-Headed Sunbird, Copper-Throated Sunbird, Golden-Winged Sunbird, Purple-Banded Sunbird, Reichenbach's Sunbird, Rockefeller's Sunbird, Superb Sunbird, Rufous-Winged Sunbird, Little Green Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Blue-Throated Brown Sunbird, Newton's Sunbird, Green-Throated Sunbird, Loveridge's Sunbird, Mariqua Sunbird, Giant Sunbird, Northern Double-Collared Sunbird, Johanna's Sunbird, Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird, Socotra Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird, Orange-Tufted Sunbird, Carmelite Sunbird, Red-Chested Sunbird, Bates's Sunbird, Black-Bellied Sunbird, Red-Tufted Sunbird, Shelley's Sunbird, Black Sunbird, Shining Sunbird, Moreau's Sunbird, Buff-Throated Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Mouse-Coloured Sunbird, Purple-Breasted Sunbird, Principe Sunbird, Tacazze Sunbird, Ursula's Sunbird, Hunter's Sunbird, Violet-Breasted Sunbird, Blue-Headed Sunbird, Bannerman's Sunbird, Bocage's Sunbird, Dusky Sunbird, Pemba Sunbird, Oustalet's Sunbird, Cameroon Sunbird, Congo Sunbird. Excerpt: 8 to over 60, see text Nectarinia is a genus of bird in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. What species belong to it has been highly contentious for many decades. Towards the late 20th century, the dominant trend was to use it to group all "typical" sunbirds. More recently it has been split up into many genera, but this move has not yet found widespread application. For one thing, most field guides and similar works either directly or indirectly refer to the old taxonomy. Moreover, though by and large the splitup seems well justified, not all of the new and re-validated genera may be valid. contains only the following species: Also sometimes included here is the Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea). (which in turn is sometimes me...