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Shelley's sunbird
Shelley's
sunbird
is a
species
of
bird
in the
family
Nectariniidae
. It is found in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
. The species is named after
George Ernest Shelley
.
The
subspecies
C. s. hofmanni
has been recognized by the
International Ornithological Congress
as a
separate
species,
Hofmann's sunbird
.