Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)  
Genus: Cyanomitra (7 species)


Blue-headed Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae alinae) Male
Range: AF: ec
 
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Compare to Green-headed Sunbird.

Bannerman's Sunbird
Bannerman's Sunbird (Cyanomitra bannermani) Male
Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia
Hillwood Farm, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema octaviae) Female
Range: AF: w, c
Kibale National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Olive Sunbird
Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
Range: AF: widespread
Malawi  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info

Male and female similar.

Cameroon Sunbird
Cameroon Sunbird (Cyanomitra oritis bansoensis) Male
Range: AF: se Nigeria, w Cameroon, Bioko
Lake Awing, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Grey Sunbird
Grey Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
Range: AF: e, se, s
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Green-headed Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis viridisplendens) Male
Range: AF: w, c
Ruhija, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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