Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC382965]
by Faansie Peacock from Langebaan Country Estate, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) [XC512620]
by Frank Lambert from Cape of Good Hope NP, 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.