Anthreptes

Taxobox
name = "Anthreptes"

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image_caption = Plain-throated Sunbird
"Anthreptes malacensis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Nectariniidae
genus = "Anthreptes"
genus_authority = Swainson, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =About a dozen, but see text

"Anthreptes" is a genus of birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. It usually contains the following species:

* Plain-backed Sunbird, "Anthreptes reichenowi"
* Anchieta's Sunbird, "Anthreptes anchietae"
* Plain Sunbird, "Anthreptes simplex"
* Plain-throated Sunbird, "Anthreptes malacensis"
* Red-throated Sunbird, "Anthreptes rhodolaemus"
* Mouse-brown Sunbird, "Anthreptes gabonicus"
* Western Violet-backed Sunbird, "Anthreptes longuemarei"
* Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird, "Anthreptes orientalis"
* Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, "Anthreptes neglectus"
* Violet-tailed Sunbird, "Anthreptes aurantium"
* Green Sunbird, "Anthreptes rectirostris"
* Banded Sunbird, "Anthreptes rubritorques"

The Little Green Sunbird ("Nectarinia seimundi") is sometimes placed herein too, as are the genera "Chalcoparia", "Deleornis" and "Hedydipna".