Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus
- Family
- Spiderhunters and Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya in the east. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the gorgeous sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus).
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau eastward to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, southward to Sierra Leone, central Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, extreme northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and northwestern Kenya.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Beautiful sunbird
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
