#SunbirdsOfinstagram #ChalcomitraAmethystina ( #AmethystSunbird #BlackSunbird ) #Sunbirds #NectariniaAmethystina #Swartsuikerbekkie [Afrikaans]; #ingcungcu (generic term for sunbird) [Xhosa]; #Kalyambya (generic term for sunbird) [Kwangali]; #Dzonya, #Tsodzo (both are generic names for sunbird) [Shona]; #Nwapyopyamhanya (generic term for sunbird) [Tsonga]; Senwabolôpe, Talêtalê (generic terms for sunbirds) [Tswana]; amethist-honingzuiger [Dutch]; #Souimanga améthyste [French]; Amethyst-glanzköpfchen [German]; #BeijaFlorPreto [Portuguese] Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa ( #AnimaliaSeria) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > #ChordataSeria > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > #AvesSeria (birds) > Order: #PasseriformesSeria > Family: #NectariniidaeSeria > Genus: #ChalcomitraSeria Species #ChalcomitraAmethystinaSeria Distribution and habitat: Mainly occurs in Africa south of the equator, from Kenya and Tanzania through southern DRC and Zambia to southern Africa. Here it is fairly common across Zimbabwe, northern and south-eastern Mozambique and South Africa from Limpopo Province and Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal, extending down the coast to Cape Agulhas. It is also has scattered populations in northern Namibia (including the Caprivi Strip) and northern as well as south-eastern Botswana. It generally favours in coastal evergreen forest and mature valley bushveld, but it may also move into drier, more open woodland. It sometimes goes out of its way to visit a large clump of nectar-bearing plants, such as Aloe. #AfricanBirdsSeria #AfricanAnimalsSeria #AfricanSunbirdsSeria ( #AmethystSunbirdsSeria #BlackSunbirdsSeria ) #SunbirdsSeria #NectariniaAmethystinaSeria #26December2017Seria #26DecemberSeria tuesday (South Africa, Johannesburg)