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The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa. They pollinate many flowering plants, particularly those with long corolla tubes, in the Fynbos.

Taxonomy

The malachite sunbird was formally described in 1766 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the twelfth edition

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