Montane Double-collared Sunbird
- Montane Double-collared Sunbird
Taxobox
name = Montane Double-collared Sunbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Nectariniidae
genus = "Cinnyris"
species = "C. ludovicensis "
binomial = "Cinnyris ludovicensis "
binomial_authority = (Bocage,, 1868The Montane Double-collared Sunbird, "Cinnyris ludovicensis" (sometimes placed in the genus "Nectarinia"), is a small passerine bird which breeds in forested mountains above 1800 m in western Angola.
Its flight is fast and direct on short wings. It lives mainly on nectar from flowers, but takes some fruit, and, especially when feeding young, insects and spiders.. It can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perches to feed most of the time.
References
* [http://digilander.libero.it/avifauna/classificazione/passeriformes23.htm Sibley sequence]
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