Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti) [XC780946]
by id from Gola Rainforest NP, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone (song)
Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti) [XC718970]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (call)
Subspecies
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens). Alternatively, considered by others possibly closer to Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
adelberti (Gervais, 1834) - North-western Guinea, and Sierra Leone east to Ghana and west-central Togo.
eboensis (Jardine, 1842) - Eastern Benin east to south-eastern Nigeria and western border of Cameroon.