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The adult male is apparently the same at all seasons: gleaming bluish-green above and on the head, with a black belly and lower breast. The upper breast may have a maroon band, missing the center or complete and 3 to 5 mm wide. (The male purple-banded sunbird has a wider maroon band and a
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The female is greyish-brown above and on the head with a white eyebrow stripe; the throat is either white or dusky with white edges (malar strips). The underparts are faintly yellow-tinged white with dusky stripes on the breast. The tail is bluish-black with grey edges and tip.
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733:Birds of East Africa
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700:Cinnyris-tsavoensis
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529:Cinnyris tsavoensis
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256:It is found in the
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40:Conservation status
456:Clements, James F.
272:trees and shrubs.
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276:Description
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337:References
325:subspecies
263:Commiphora
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87:Eukaryota
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