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Nectarinia senegalensis gutturalis 

Linguistics
Actual scientific name :   Nectarinia senegalensis gutturalis 
     
Old scientific name :   Chacomitra senegalensis gutturalis 
     
French name :   Souimanga à poitrine écarlate
     
English name :   Scarlet-chested Sunbird
     
Vernacular name :  
Kasonkola (Kiluba) ; kasosa (Kibemba)
 


 

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Description :   Males are black with a green chin and a scarlet chest. Females are brownish.  
     
Habitat :   Savanna. Common in Katanga.  
     
Behaviour :   Noisy and not really discrete, following each other while singing. 
     
Diet :   Nectar. Move depending on blooms.  
     
Life history :   Nest is a ball of dry grasses with a frontal entrance. Often hung close to a wasp nest. nidification takes place at the end of the dry season from September on.  
     
Distribution in Katanga :   view map  
 
 
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The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

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