Nile Valley Sunbird

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Nile Valley Sunbird	Home Bird Orders
		Alternate name
	Anthreptes metallicus	Scientific name
	Passeriformes	Order
	Nectariniidae	Family
	9 - 10 cm	Length
	Dry grassland, dry shrubland & rural gardens, below 1,600 m. Found in:- Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.	Habitat-Altitude-Range
		Clutch
	Insects, nectare.	Food
		Habits
	8202 - TSN: 558622	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

Nile Valley Sunbird Herman van Oosten Qatbit Oman calls pf foraging male XC44525

Czech: strdimil nilský
Danish: Nilsolfugl
German: Erznektarvogel, Grünbrust-Nektarvogel, Hedydipna platurus metallicus
English: Eastern Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird, Eastern Pygmy Sunbird, Eastern Pygmy-Sunbird, Hedydipna platura metallica, Metallic Sunbird, Nile Pygmy Sunbird, Nile Valley Sunbird
Spanish: Suimanga del Nilo, Suimanga Rabilargo
Estonian: niiluse nektarilind
Finnish: Niilinkiiltomedestäjä, niilinmedestäjä
French: Souimanga du Nil, Souimanga éclatant
Hebrew: צופית היאור
Icelandic: Ársóli
Italian: Nettarinia del Nilo
Japanese: ejiputotaiyouchou
Japanese: エジプトタイヨウチョウ
Latin: Anthodiaeta metallica, Anthreptes metallicus, Anthreptes platura metallica, Anthreptes platurus metallica, Anthreptes platurus metallicus, Hedydipna metallica, Hedydipna metallicus
Lithuanian: Nilinė saulapaukétė
Dutch: Nijlhoningzuiger
Norwegian: Nilsolfugl
Polish: nektarnik dlugosterny, nektarzyk dlugosterny, nektarzyk długosterny
Slovak: nektárovka nílska
Slovenian: nilski dolgorepi cvetličar
Swedish: Nilsolfågel
Turkish: Nil nektarkuşu
Chinese: 尼罗直嘴太阳鸟

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