Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC451648]
by Tony Archer from Igumbilo Ranch, Makete, Njombe, Mbeya Region, Tanzania (song)
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC392588]
by Peter Boesman from Paarl Mountain area, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
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.