Little green sunbird
The little green sunbird, also called Seimund's sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.
Description
The little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and warbler-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird. It is 9 cm 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 Taxidermist.Subspecies
- A. s. seimundi: Bioko
- 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.