Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)

Other Names (World)
Mariqua Sunbird, Marico Bifasciated Sunbird, Southern Bifasciated Sunbird, Western Bifasciated Sunbird (mariquensis), Swahili Sunbird (osiris), Marico Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1836)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, 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 (24)...)

Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis) [XC516124]
by Frank Lambert from Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (call, song)

Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis) [XC600167]
by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call, feeding call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi), and both sometimes included in a larger superspecies with Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis), Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus) and Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides).

Proposed subspecies ovamboensis (described from Ovamboland, in north-central Namibia) and lucens (Pongola Town, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, north-eastern South Africa) both synonymized with nominate, and hawkeri (Jifa Medir, in Somalia) with osiris.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

osiris (Finsch, 1870) - Locally in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, south-eastern Sudan (Didinga Mts), northern Uganda and northern Kenya.
suahelicus Reichenow, 1891 - Locally in central Uganda, extreme eastern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi, central and southern Kenya, Tanzania and north-eastern Zambia.
mariquensis (Smith, 1836) - West-central and southern Angola (southern from Cuenza Valley) and Namibia east to south-western Zambia, Botswana, central and southern Zimbabwe, northern South Africa and southern Mozambique.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis) - 10 files

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