Amethyst Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Male, Greyton, Western Cape
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Nectarinia
Species: N. amethystina
Binomial name
Nectarinia amethystina
(Shaw, 1812)
Nectarinia amethystina female

The Amethyst Sunbird (Nectarinia amethystina) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

Male showing eclipse plumage, Greyton, South Africa