Bocage's sunbird
Species of bird
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Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is present in the Bié Plateau (Angola) and southern DRC.
| Bocage's sunbird | |
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| Male in Angola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Nectarinia |
| Species: | N. bocagii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nectarinia bocagii Shelley, 1879 | |
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.[2]
