The image :IMG_1341, of the male Scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis was captured in the Punda Maria Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa on 30.08.19 It is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This species is now placed in the genus Chalcomitra that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.[5] Six subspecies are recognised. Info : 1. www.wikwpwdia.org 2.Field Companion to Robert`s Birds of Southern Africa -Gordon Lindsay Maclean 3.Die Voëlgids van SuiderAfrika -Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillié
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