Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.
South-western and southern Angola and northern Namibia east to Zambia, Malawi and patchily to south-eastern Tanzania, south to northern and eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and eastern South Africa (North West and Limpopo Provinces south to northern Free State and Kwazulu-Natal).
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).
White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) [XC78625]
by Rory Nefdt from Hoedspruit, South Africa (call)
White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) [XC280053]
by Peter Boesman from Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with Oustalet's Sunbird (Cinnyris oustaleti) and both have sometimes been considered to be part of a superspecies that also includes Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri), Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea) and Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus).
Proposed subspecies anderssoni (described from north-western Namibia), lumbo (from Lumbo, in northern Mozambique) and arestus (from near Eshowe, in KwaZulu-Natal) considered inadequately differentiated from birds elsewhere in species' range.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet