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Socotra Sunbird

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Nectarinia
Species:	N. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The sunbirds and '''spiderhunters''' are very small Passerine Birds which feed largely on Nectar, although they will also take insects especially Nectarinia is a Genus of Bird in the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. balfouri

Binomial name

Nectarinia balfouri
(Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881)

The Socotra Sunbird (Nectarinia balfouri) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The sunbirds and '''spiderhunters''' are very small Passerine Birds which feed largely on Nectar, although they will also take insects especially It is endemic to Yemen. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Nectarinia balfouri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

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