Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides)

Other Names (World)
Black-bellied Sunbird, Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Richmond, 1897)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

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 (3)...)

Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides) [XC510040]
by isaac kilusu from Same - Kisiwani road, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (song)

Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides) [XC581954]
by Peter Boesman from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Has been thought possibly to be part of a superspecies which includes also Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis), Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi), Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) and Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus). Has been suggested that this species and Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus) link the "Nectarinia mariquensis complex" with the "Nectarinia chalybea complex".

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

erlangeri (Reichenow, 1905) - Extreme south-eastern Ethiopia (banks of R Daua), southern Somalia and north-eastern Kenya.
nectarinioides (Richmond, 1897) - South-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides) - 10 files

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