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Anabathmis reichenbachii
This sunbird, of some 13 cm in length and relatively short curved bill, sports an olive brown mantle, an iridescent blue-green face, neck and breast; whitish belly and yellow vent. Sexes are alike, juvenile more drab olive -yellow bellow, and olive-brown above.
Here observed in the garden of my hotel in central Kindu - a small town in the midst of primary equatorial forest and on banks of lower Congo; and the capital of Maniema province. The Reichenbach's is locally common bird, recorded in coastal areas of west and central Africa, and in riverine forests of central Africa.
Spotted on Feb 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 1, 2018
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