Eastern double-collared sunbird (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Eastern double-collared sunbird

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An eastern double-collared sunbird, one of six nearly identical lineages that inhabit sky islands in East Africa. Though these lineages have been separated for hundreds of thousands of years, some of their songs are as unchanged as their plumage.

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Photo courtesy of Jackie Childers

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