African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 18 - Monotonous Lark to Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird

Gurney's Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Long-tailed Sugarbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. cafer gurneyi

P. g. gurneyi
P. g. ardens

Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-tailed Sugarbird, Sugarbird

Fraser's Sunbird (Deleornis fraseri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Scarlet-tufted Sunbird, Grey-headed Sunbird

D. f. cameroonensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Scarlet-tufted Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): D. f. canzelae
D. f. idius -- Alternative English Name(s): Liberian Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
D. f. fraseri -- Alternative English Name(s): Fraser's Scarlet-tufted Sunbird

Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris)

Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blue-throated Sunbird

A. r. reichenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambezi Blue-throated Sunbird
A. r. yokanae -- Alternative English Name(s): Yokana Sunbird

Red-and-blue Sunbird (Anthreptes anchiete) -- Alternative English Name(s): Anchieta's Sunbird

Brown Sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mouse-brown Sunbird

Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Western Violet-backed Sunbird

A. l. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Violet-backed Sunbird
A. l. longuemarei -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Violet-backed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. l. haussarum
A. l. haussarum
A. l. nyassae -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Violet-backed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. l. neumanni

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. longuemarei orientalis, A. o. barbouri

A. o. orientalis
A. o. neumanni

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes neglectus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. longuemarei neglectus

Violet-tailed Sunbird (Anthreptes aurantium)

Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigastra)

Green Sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-chinned Sunbird, Yellow-chin Sunbird

A. r. rectirostris -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-chinned Sunbird
A. r. tephrolaemus -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-chinned Sunbird, Elgon Grey-chinned Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. r .elgonense

Banded Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques) -- Alternative English Name(s): Banded Green Sunbird, Usambara Grey-chinned Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. recttirostris rubritorques

Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)

H. c. collaris
H. c. zambesiana -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. c. zuluensis, H. c. chobiensis, H. c. beverleyae, H. c. philipsi
H. c. zuluensis
H. c. patersoni
H. c. elachior -- Alternative English Name(s): Mombasa Collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. c. teitensis
H. c. djamdjamensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. c. jubaensis
H. c. garguensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. c. ugandae
H. c. somereni -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. c. nigeriae
H. c. subcollaris -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Collared Sunbird
H. c. hypodila -- Alternative English Name(s): Lower Guinea Collared Sunbird

Pygmy Sunbird (Hedydipna platura) -- Alternative English Name(s): Western Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird

Nile Valley Sunbird (Hedydipna metallica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Pygmy Long-tailed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): H. platura metallica

Giant Sunbird (Dreptes thomensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Sunbird, Dusky Sao Tome Sunbird, Sao Tome Giant Sunbird

Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi)

A. s. traylori -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. s. minor
A. s. kruensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Little Green Sunbird
A. s. seimundi -- Alternative English Name(s): Lower Guinea Little Green Sunbird

Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)

Bates' Sunbird (Cinnyris batesi)

Western Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra obscura)

C. o. cephaelis -- Alternative English Name(s): Western Olive Sunbird
C. o. guineensis -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Olive Sunbird
C. o. raggazzii -- Alternative English Name(s): Shoa Olive Sunbird
C. o. vincenti
C. o. lowei
C. o. sclateri
C. o. obscura -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Olive Sunbird
C. o. granti

Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Olive Sunbird

C. o. olivacea -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Olive Sunbird, Inhambane Olive Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. daviesi
C. o. olivacina -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. pembae
C. o. alfredi -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. intercedns
C. o. changamwensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Mombasa Olive Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. puguensis
C. o. neglecta -- Alternative English Name(s): Ukamba Olive Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. chyulu

Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Wedge-tailed Sunbird

Grey Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mouse-coloured Sunbird

C. v. veroxii
C. v. fischeri -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Mouse-coloured Sunbird
C. v. zanzibarica

Reichenbach's Sunbird (Anabathmis reichenbachii)

Principe Sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubi)

Newton's Sunbird (Anabathmis newtonii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-breasted Sunbird, Yellow-breasted Sao Tome Sunbird, Newton's Yellow-breasted Sunbird

Cameroon Sunbird (Cyanomitra oritis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Blue-headed Sunbird

C. o. bansoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Banso Blue-headed Sunbird
C. o. oritis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Mountain Blue-headed Sunbird
C. o. poensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Blue-headed Sunbird

Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwenzori Blue-headed Sunbird

C. a. alinae
C. a. derooi
C. a. tanganjikae -- Alternative English Name(s): Kivu Blue-headed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. vulcanorum
C. a. kaboboensis
C. a. marungensis

Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis)

C. v. verticalis
C. v. bohndorffi
C. v. cyanocephala -- Alternative English Name(s): Lower Guinea Green-headed Sunbird
C. v. viridisplendens -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Green-headed Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. v. niassae

Bannerman's Sunbird (Cyanomitra bannermani) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. verticalis bannermani, C. sororia

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema)

C. c. octaviae
C. c. magnirostrata
C. c. cyanolaema

Carmelite Sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa)

C. f. aurea
C. f. fuliginosa -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. f. nigrescens

Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Sunbird

C. a. kirkii -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Amethyst Sunbird, Kenya Highlands Amethyst Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. boothi, C. a. doggetti, C. a. bradshawi
C. a. kalkcreuthi -- Alternative English Name(s): Mombasa Amethyst Sunbird
C. a. deminuta -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Amethyst Sunbird
C. a. amethistina
C. a. adjuncta

Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. angolensis

C. r. rubescens -- Alternative English Name(s): Kavirondo Green-throated Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. angolensis, C. r. minor, C. r. kakamegae
C. r. crossensis
C. r. stangerii

Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. cruentata

C. s. senegalensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. discolor
C. s. acik -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Scarlet-chested Sunbird Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. adamuae
C. s. cruentata -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Scarlet-chested Sunbird
C s. lamperti -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Highlands Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Uganda Scarlet-chested Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. atra, C. s. erythrinae, C. s. aequatorialis
C. s. gutturalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Scarlet-chested Sunbird, East Coast Scarlet-chested Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. inaestimata
C s. saturatior -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Scarlet-chested Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. hunteri, C. h. siccata

Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti)

C. a. adelberti
C. a. eboensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Buff-throated Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. castaneiventris

Toha Sunbird (Chalocmitra sp?)

Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venusta) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-bellied Sunbird

C. v. venusta -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Variable Sunbird, Buff-breasted Sunbird
C. v. fazoglensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Variable Sunbird, Northern Yellow-bellied Variable Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. v. sukensis
C. v. falkensteini -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Variable Sunbird, Angola Variable Sunbird, Nyasa Variable Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. v. kuanzae, C. v. niasaae
C. v. igneiventris -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Variable Sunbird
C. v. albiventris -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali White-bellied Sunbird

Ursula's Sunbird (Cinnyris ursulae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ursula's Mouse-coloured Sunbird

White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-breasted Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. leucogaster

C. t. talatala -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. t. leucogaster, C. t. lumbo, C. t. anderssoni
C. t. aresta

Oustalet's White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris oustaleti) -- Alternative English Name(s): Oustalet's Sunbird, Caconda White-bellied Sunbird

C. o. oustaleti
C. o. rhodesiae

Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. tanganyicae

Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Orange-tufted Sunbird, Orange-tufted Sunbird

C. o. decorsei -- Alternative English Name(s): Chad Orange-tufted Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. o. butleri

Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinica)

C. h. habessinica -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. altera
C. h. turkanae

Miombo Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris manoensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Miombo Sunbird

C. m. manoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Mano Double-collared Sunbird, Songea Doubled-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. brachtiatus, C. m. zonarius, C. m. namwera, C. m. gertrudis
C. m. pintoi -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. intermedius
C. m. amicorum

Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybea)

C. c. chalybea -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Double-collared Sunbird
C. c. albilateralis
C. c. subalaris -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Double-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. capricornensis

Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afra)

C. a. saliens
C. a. afra

Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird, Angola Double-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. afra

C. l. ludovicensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Double-collared Sunbird
C. l. whytei

Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Prigogine's Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. afra prigoginei, C. stuhlmanni prigoginei

Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. afer stuhlmanni

C. s. stuhlmanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
C. s. chapini -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
C. s. graueri -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwanda Double-collared Sunbird
C. s. schubotzi

Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)

C. r. preussi -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Double-collared Sunbird, Genderu Double-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. parvirostris, C. r. genderuensis
C. r. reichenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Nandi Double-collared Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. kikuyuensis, C. r. eriksoni, C. r. shellyae

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris)

C. m. mediocris -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Double-collared Sunbird [[ Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. keniensis, C. m. garguensis
C. m. usambaricus
C. m. fuelleborni -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Double-collard Sunbird
C. m. bensoni

Neergaard's Sunbird (Cinnyris neergaardi) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. shelleyi neergaardi

Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygia)

C. c. chloropygia -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Olive-bellied Sunbird, Cameroon Olive-bellied Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. insularis, C. c. luehderi, C. c. ogilvie-granti
C. c. kempi -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Olive-bellied Sunbird
C. c. orphogaster -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Olive-bellied Sunbird, Kaffa Olive-bellied Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. uellensis, C. c. bineschensis
C. c. bineschensis

Tiny Sunbird (Cinnyris minulla) -- Alternative English Name(s): Semliki Tiny Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. minullus, C. m. marginatus, C. m. pauwelsi

Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regia)

C. r. regia -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. kivuensis
C. r. kivuensis
C. r. anderseni

Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Uluguru Regal Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. regius loveridgei

Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. mediocris moreaui

Rockefeller's Sunbird (Cinnyris rockefelleri)

Copper Sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Coppery Sunbird

C. c. cuprea -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. septentrionalis
C. c. chalcea -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Copper Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. vaughan-jonesi

Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fusca)

Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis)

Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze)

N. t. tacazzae -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. t. unisplendens
N. t. jacksoni

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. barakae, N. chloronota

Bocage's Sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii)

Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bronzy Sunbird

N. k. kilimensis
N. k. arturi -- Alternative English Name(s): Mashonaland Bronze Sunbird
N. k. gadowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Bronze Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird (Nectarinia reichenowi)

N. r. reichenowi -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. r. alinderi
N. r. shelleyae
N. r. lathburyi

Yellow-tufted Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) -- Alternative English Name(s): Malachite Sunbird

N. f. famosa -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Malachite Sunbird, Rwenzori Malachite Sunbird, Shoa Malachite Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. f. major, N. f. aeneigularis, N. f. centralis, N. f. vulvanorum, N. f. subfamosa
N. f. cupreonitens -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Malachite Sunbird

Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-tufted Sunbird

N. j. dartmouthi -- Alternative English Name(s): Rwenzori Red-tufted Sunbird
N. j. johnstoni -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. j. idius, N. j. decken
N. j. itombwensis
N. j. nyikensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyika Red-tufted Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. j. salvadorii

Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi)

C. s. shelleyi -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Valley Double-collared Sunbird
C. s. hofmanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Morogoro Double-collared Sunbird

Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocerca) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. e. erythrocerca, C. e. kiwuensis, C. e. adolfi-friederici, C. e. beveni

Congo Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris congoensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Sunbird

Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Swaheli Marico Sunbird, Abyssinian Marico Sunbird, Somali Marico Sunbird, Mariqua Sunbird

C. m. mariquensis
C. m. lucens
C. m. ovamboensis
C. m. suahelica -- Alternative English Name(s): Swaheli Marico Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. raineyi
C. m. osiris -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Marico Sunbird, Somali Marico Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. hawkeri

Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Little Purple-banded Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. tsavoensis

C. b. bifasciata
C. b. microrhynchus -- Alternative English Name(s): East Coast Purple-banded Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. b. schillingsi
C. b. strophium

Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ukamba Purple-banded Sunbird, Tsavo Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. bifasciata tsavoensis

Pemba Sunbird (Nectarinia pembae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pemba Violet-breasted Sunbird, Pemba Island Sunbird, Violet-breasted Sunbird

Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas) -- Alternative English Name(s): Juba Purple-banded Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. bifasciata chalcomelas, C. sheppardi

Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastra) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. splendida

Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Madame Verreaux's Sunbird

C. j. fasciata
C. j. johannae

Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superba)

C. s. superba
C. s. buvuma
C. s. nigeriae
C. s. ashantiensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Ashanti Superb Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchella)

C. p. pulchella -- Alternative English Name(s): Asben Beautiful Sunbird, Sudan Beautiful Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. p. aegra, C. p. lucidipectus
C. p. melanogastra -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. nectarinoides melanogastra

Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Sunbird -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. melanogastra

C. n. nectarinioides -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Black-bellied Sunbird
C. n. erlangeri -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. erythroceria erlangeri