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Nectariniidae

68 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Nectariniidae

Cinnyris talatala A.Smith, 1836

Cinnyris talatala, the white-bellied sunbird, is a Nectariniidae bird found across southern and east-central Africa, favoring semi-arid savanna woodland.

Cinnyris venustus (Shaw, 1799)

Cinnyris venustus, the variable sunbird, is a small nectar-feeding resident breeder found in equatorial Africa.

Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot, 1819

Cinnyris fuscus, the dusky sunbird, is a relatively dull Nectariniidae bird found in southern African arid habitats.

Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw, 1812)

Cinnyris cupreus, the copper sunbird, is a resident African bird that feeds primarily on nectar.

Cinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790)

Cinnyris asiaticus, the purple sunbird, is a small, sexually dimorphic sunbird widely distributed across West, South and Southeast Asia.

Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Cinnyris jugularis, the garden sunbird, is a small sunbird found across most of the Philippines with distinct male and female plumage.

Cinnyris notatus (Statius Muller, 1776)

Cinnyris notatus, the Malagasy green sunbird, is a Nectariniidae bird found in Comoros and Madagascar in multiple tropical forest habitats.

Cinnyris dussumieri (Hartlaub, 1861)

Cinnyris dussumieri, the Seychelles sunbird, is an endemic Seychelles bird that breeds year-round, peaking in September and October.

Cinnyris lotenius (Linnaeus, 1766)

Loten's sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius) is a small resident sunbird found only in peninsular India and Sri Lanka.

Cinnyris sovimanga (Gmelin, 1788)

Cinnyris sovimanga, the souimanga sunbird, is a common small African bird rated least concern by the IUCN.

Cinnyris manoensis Reichenow, 1907

Cinnyris manoensis, the eastern miombo sunbird, is a Nectariniidae bird species found in central and eastern Africa.

Cinnyris mediocris Shelley, 1885

This is a summary of basic description, distribution, and feeding ecology of the small eastern double-collared sunbird Cinnyris mediocris.

Cinnyris pulchellus melanogastrus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

This is a description of the beautiful sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus melanogastrus, covering its appearance, distribution, habitat, and behavior.

Arachnothera magna (Hodgson, 1836)

Arachnothera magna is a small streaked bird with a nectar-adapted beak, found across South and Southeast Asian forests.

Arachnothera chrysogenys (Temminck, 1826)

The yellow-eared spiderhunter is a Nectariniidae bird species found across multiple Southeast Asian countries, occupying several types of tropical and subtropical forests.

Arachnothera flavigaster (Eyton, 1839)

Arachnothera flavigaster, the spectacled spiderhunter, is the largest sunbird species found in Southeast Asian moist forests.

Arachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach, 1853)

Arachnothera crassirostris, the thick-billed spiderhunter, is a Nectariniidae bird found across parts of Southeast Asia in specific moist forest habitats.

Arachnothera modesta (Eyton, 1839)

The grey-breasted spiderhunter is a Nectariniidae bird species found across multiple Southeast Asian countries.

Arachnothera longirostra (Latham, 1790)

Arachnothera longirostra is a long-beaked sunbird distributed across South and Southeast Asia with unique nest construction.

Hypogramma hypogrammicum (S.Muller, 1843)

The purple-naped spiderhunter is the only species in genus Kurochkinegramma, found in Southeast Asian moist lowland forests.

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