Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) [XC53894]
by Mike Nelson from Kakum Nationalpark, Ghana (call)
Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) [XC824170]
by Mike Nelson from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call)
Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Racial affiliation of populations in Nigeria uncertain and tentatively included in nominate, but further study is required.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
fasciatus (Jardine & Fraser, 1852) - Sierra Leone and south-western Mali east to south-western Benin.
johannae (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) - South-western and south-eastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic and north-eastern DRCongo, and south to PRCongo and north-western Angola (Cabinda).