Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis)

Other Scientific Names
Cinnyris rufipennis

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jensen, 1983)

Habitat
Forest interior and at the edge of gaps in natural forest. From 1,500 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Eastern escarpment of Udzungwa 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 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through commercial logging, clearing for cultivation and bushfires started to maintain cleared, uncultivated land as open grassland, charcoal production, exploitation for non-timber forest products and hunting, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Nectar, especially from tropical mistletoes (Loranthaceae), and small insects.

Voice
Soft 'twisk twisk' contact notes. Song undescribed.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis) [XC452451]
by Louis A. Hansen from Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (call)

Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis) [XC452452]
by David C. Moyer from Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Relationships of this species unclear.

References
See References.

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