Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)

Other Names (World)
Malachite Sunbird, Yellow-tufted Malachite Sunbird, Common Malachite Sunbird, Long-tailed Emerald Sunbird, Green Sugarbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and moist shrubland, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (75)...)

Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC515320]
by Louis A. Hansen from Banda-cottage, forest edge, agricultur landscape, Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (song)

Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC376048]
by Peter Boesman from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call, song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Red-tufted Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni).

Proposed subspecies subfamosa (described from Antotto, in central Ethiopia), centralis (Lusasa, in southern Uganda) and aeneigularis (Sotik, in south-western Kenya) all considered indistinguishable from cupreonitens. Subspecies major (described from Weenen, in KwaZulu-Natal) synonymized with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cupreonitens Shelley, 1876 - Eritrea, Ethiopia, southern Sudan (Imatong Mts), eastern DRCongo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and northern Mozambique.
famosa (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique, and southern Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho and western Swaziland.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) - 10 files

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