Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)

Other Scientific Names
Chalcomitra balfouri

Other Names (World)
Socotra Sunbird, Socotra Island Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,370 m.

Range (Guide)

Yemen (B).

Socotra.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri) [XC547270]
by id from Ma'lih plateau, Socotra, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen (call, song)

Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri) [XC547285]
by Mike Evans from Ma'lih plateau, Socotra, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus previously merged with Nectarinia. Relationships uncertain. Possibly closest to Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri), Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) or Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens), but differs from all congeners in lacking pronounced sexual dichromatism (both sexes looking like females of other members of genus). Has been thought perhaps to be closest to Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri), another island species but currently placed in a different genus. Further research is required.

References
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