<i>Cinnyris habessinicus</i>, Shining Sunbird (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

<i>Cinnyris habessinicus</i>, Shining Sunbird

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It is hard to imagine a bigger contrast than that between a sparrow-relative and a Tyrannosaurus rex. But all the same, this shining sunbird here (Cinnyris habessinicus) is a dinosaur. This specimen is from the collection housed in the Institute for Zoology at the University of Bonn in the Poppelsdorf Palace.

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Photo: Georg Oleschinski/Univ. Bonn

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