The little green sunbird (''Anthreptes seimundi''), also called Seimund's sunbird, is a species of

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in the family

Nectariniidae Sunbirds and spiderhunters make up the family Nectariniidae of passerine birds. They are small, slender passerines from the Old World, usually with downward-curved bills. Many are brightly coloured, often with iridescent feathers, particularly i ...

. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''

Nectarinia ''Nectarinia'' is a genus of birds in the sunbird family (biology), family, Sunbird, 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 ...

''. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.

Description

The little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and

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-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird. It is 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) long. The beak is slightly curved and has a small amount of pink. Around the eye is a pale ring. Its cry is high pitched.

Name

The little green sunbird's binomial classification ''Anthreptes seimundi'' comes from its genus and Eibert Carl Henry Seimund, a British

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Subspecies

*''A. s. seimundi'':

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(Gulf of Guinea) *''A. s. kruensis'': Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana and Togo. *''A. s. minor'': southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic, southern South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda, south to northern Angola and central Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Gallery

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References

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