About Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
The purple-banded sunbird, scientifically named Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw, 1812), is a bird species that belongs to the Nectariniidae family. This species can be found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The Tsavo sunbird, which is sometimes grouped together with the purple-banded sunbird, is treated as a distinct separate species in this classification.
