Orange-breasted Sunbird
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| Orange-breasted Sunbird | |
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| Orange-breasted Sunbird | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Anthobaphes Cabanis, 1850 |
| Species: | A. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthobaphes violacea (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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The Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), is the only member of the bird genus Anthobaphes. However, it is sometimes put in the genus Nectarinia. This sunbird is endemic to southwestern South Africa. It is also found in parks and gardens.[source?]