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Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (14)
  • Subspecies (3)
Robert Cheke and Clive Mann
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2008

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Recommended Citation

Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gntsun1.01