Nectariniidae

Aethopyga duycenbodei Photo by Mark Thibault (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:elegant sunbird (en); beija-flor-elegante (pt); souimanga des Sangi (fr); suimanga elegante (es); Sangihenektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:At present, the elegant sunbird in endemic to the Indonesian island of Sangihe, located north of Sulawesi, but there are historical records of this species on the nearby island of…

Cinnyris manoensis Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:miombo double-collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-do-miombo (pt); souïmanga du miombo (fr); suimanga del miombo (es); miombonektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This African species is patchily distributed between Angola, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Size:These birds are 13 cm long  and weigh around 9 g. Habitat:The miombo double-collared sunbird is…

Anthreptes collaris Photo by Sergi Aris (Flickr) Common name:collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-colar (pt); souimanga à collier (fr); suimanga acollarado (es); waldnektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Angola, northern Botswana, and through Mozambique down to eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long and weigh…

Chalcomitra senegalensis Photo by Mike Pope (World-Birds) Common name:scarlet-chested sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-escarlate (pt); souïmanga à poitrine rouge (fr); suimanga pechiescarlata (es); rotbrust-glanzköpfchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Guinea to Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and north-eastern South Africa. The scarlet-chested sunbird is absent from the Congo river basin…

Nectarinia maquiquensis Photo by Guillaume Emaresi (Flickr) Common name: Mariqua sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-Marico (pt); souïmanga de Mariqua (fr); suimanga del Marico (es); bindennektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species occupies two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population occurs from Eritrea to Tanzania while the other extends from Angola and south-western Zambia to northern South Africa.Size:This species is…

Cinnyris sovimanga (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:souimanga sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-Madagáscar (pt); souimanga malgache (fr); suimanga malgache (es); Malegassennektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in Madagascar, and in the nearby archipelagos of Aldabra and Glorioso.Size:These birds are 10-11 cm long and have a wingspan of 13-14 cm.Habitat:The souimanga sunbird is found in tropical and sub-tropical…

Cinnyris afer Photo by Elaine van Dyk (Red Bubble) Common name:greater double-collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-banda-larga (pt); souïmanga à plastron rouge (fr); suimanga bicollar mayor (es); großer doppelband-nektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:These birds are endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, occurring in a band from the Limpopo Province, through Mpumalanga and Swaziland, and into KwaZulu-Natal and down the…

Anthobaphes violacea Photo by Chris Perkins (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: orange-breasted sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-laranja (pt); souïmanga orangé (fr); suimanga pechinaranja (es); goldbrust-nektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This species is endemic to South Africa, only being found in the fynbos biome of the Western and Eastern Cape regions. Size: Orange-breasted sunbirds are…