Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri

Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri

Hunter's Sunbird, Bogol Manyou Road, Ethiopia 2016 - click for larger image

Bogol Manyo Road, Ethiopia
January 2016

Hunter's Sunbird is distributed in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and the extreme north of Tanzania. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in semi-arid bush country up to about 1,350 metres.

Both male and female are similar to Scarlet-chested Sunbird C. senegalensis which is found in very different habitat at forest edges and in wooded valleys.

These photos are of a female. The male is black with a red chest and green crown and malar stripe.

Henry Hunter (1861-1934) was a big game hunter and naturalist.

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