Nectariniidae

Cinnyris asiaticus Photo by Raghuvanshi Rajesh (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: purple sunbird (en); beija-flor-púrpura (pt); souïmanga asiatique (fr); suimanga asiático (es); purpurnektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This Asian species is found from the western Arabian Peninsula, through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, and further east to Bangladesh, Myanmar and…

Cinnyris asiaticus Photo by Raghuvanshi Rajesh (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: purple sunbird (en); beija-flor-púrpura (pt); souïmanga asiatique (fr); suimanga asiático (es); purpurnektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This Asian species is found from the western Arabian Peninsula, through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, and further east to Bangladesh, Myanmar and…

Chalcomitra amethystina Photo by Frans Swanepoel (Trek Nature) Common name: amethyst sunbird (en); beija-flor-preto (pt); souimanga améthyste (fr); suimanga amatista (es); amethystlangzköpfchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This species is found in Africa south of the equator, from Kenya and Tanzania through southern DR Congo and Zambia and into South Africa. Size: Amethyst…

Chalcomitra amethystina Photo by Frans Swanepoel (Trek Nature) Common name: amethyst sunbird (en); beija-flor-preto (pt); souimanga améthyste (fr); suimanga amatista (es); amethystlangzköpfchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This species is found in Africa south of the equator, from Kenya and Tanzania through southern DR Congo and Zambia and into South Africa. Size: Amethyst…

Nectarinia famosa Common name: malachite sunbird (en); beija-flor-verde (pt); souïmanga malachite (fr); suimanga malaquita (es); malachitnektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This African species has a discontinuous distribution across East Africa, with a separate and larger popuation in southern Africa where they occur in most of South Africa, southern Namibia, and along the…