Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei)

Other Scientific Names
Cinnyris loveridgei

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartert, 1922)

Habitat
Sub-montane to montane forest. From 1,200 - 2,560 m.

Range (Guide)

Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB).

Uluguru Mts, in eastern Tanzania.

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

Population
Estimated population is 37,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat loss, mostly due to conversion to cultivation, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Often gregarious around flowering plants and trees. Also feeds alone and in pairs, and joins mixed flocks.

Food
Mainly nectar, supplemented with insects.

Voice
Song is a 3-4 second fast and rolling rattle of high-pitched 'tsi' notes, often preceeded by a few introductory double 'tsp-tee' notes. Call is a sharp 'chip', 'tsk' or 'pzit'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) [XC794132]
by Frank Lambert from Uluguru Mts, nr Bunduki, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call)

Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) [XC48085]
by Louis A. Hansen, Henrik Kisbye, Louise Pedersen, Marcel Rahner, the late Jens Otto Svendsen from Kimhandu Hill, Uluguru South F.R, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call, call warning)

Nest
Enclosed composed of grass and moss, and hung from branches several metres above the ground.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. May form a superspecies with Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris) and Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui). Recent DNA analyses suggest that it is sister to Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui).

Similar Species
Male similar to Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regius) of the Albertine Rift, but has duller yellow-olive flanks and vent, rather than red vent. Female very similar to Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui) and Nectarinia fuelleborni. Distinguished from these species by range and voice.

References
See References.

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