Shelley's Sunbird

The male Shelley's sunbird has a broad red breast band with a narrow blue border above and no pectoral tufts. The upper photo, taken near Songea, is the nominate race Cinnyris shelleyi shelleyi, courtesy of Per Holmen; the juvenile in Mikumi is the race Cinnyris shelleyi hofmanni or the endemic Hofmann's sunbird, courtesy of Isaac Kilusu; the lower, also Hofmann's, was at Mbuyuni Farm near Morogoro, courtesy of Kim Axmann. See map for territories.

	Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
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