Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Egypt, Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Lebanon (B), Oman (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Uganda, Yemen (B).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea) [XC746143]
by David Darrell-Lambert from \u062a\u0646\u0648\u0645\u0629, Tanomah, Aseer Province, Saudi Arabia (song)
Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea) [XC506557]
by Gregory Askew from Jericho, Israel (song)
Proposed subspecies butleri (described from Kajo Kaji, in southern Sudan) considered inseparable from decorsei.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
osea (Bonaparte, 1856) - Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, north-eastern Egypt, southern Syria, Jordan, western Saudi Arabia, Yemen and southern Oman.
decorsei Oustalet, 1905 - Widely scattered localities at L Chad and in eastern Cameroon, Central African Republic, western and southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo and north-western Uganda.