Species profile
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Anthreptes orientalis
Quick answer
southeastern South Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, northwestern and southern Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
- Scientific name
- Anthreptes orientalis
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Anthreptes
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Nectariniidae
- Abbott's Sunbird (Cinnyris abbotti)
- Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae)
- Anjouan Sunbird (Cinnyris comorensis)
- Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni)
- Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi)
- Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris hellmayri)