Plain-throated Sunbirds, Violet-backed Sunbirds, and Allies
Anthreptes
Anthreptes is a genus of passerine birds in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.
These small birds are found in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Greater Sunda Islands, the Philippines and western Wallacea. Most species show marked sexual dichromatism with the male having more brightly coloured plumage.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Brown-throated Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes malacensis
Plain Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes simplex
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes orientalis
Red-throated Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes rhodolaemus
Mouse-brown Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes gabonicus
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes longuemarei
Gray-chinned Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes tephrolaemus
Little Green Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes seimundi
Violet-tailed Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes aurantius
Plain-backed Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes reichenowi
Yellow-chinned Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes rectirostris
Banded Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes rubritorques
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes neglectus
Gray-throated Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes griseigularis
Anchieta's Sunbird
speciesAnthreptes anchietae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13355.