Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas)

Other Names (World)
Violet-breasted Sunbird, Kenya Violet-breasted Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1905)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Somalia.

Southern Somalia and south-eastern Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas) [XC343972]
by id from Malindi, Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Nectarinia pembae (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris pembae) and Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas) following Archer and Turner (1993).

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris pembae), and often considered conspecific. Also, a possible relationship with Long-billed Sunbird (Cinnyris notatus) has been proposed.

References
See References.

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