Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra verreauxii)

Other Names (World)
Mouse-coloured Sunbird, Mouse-colored Sunbird, Grey Sunbird, Gray Sunbird, Verreaux's Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Grey Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii) [XC467014]
by Tim Cockcroft from Port Alfred, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Grey Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii) [XC650685]
by Tim Cockcroft from Kowie River valley, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call, song, contact call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

fischeri (Reichenow, 1880) - Coastal lowlands from eastern and south-eastern Somalia south to north-eastern South Africa (north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal), extending inland locally to southern Malawi.
zanzibarica (Grote, 1932) - Zanzibar, off north-eastern Tanzania.
veroxii (Smith, 1831) - Coastal areas of eastern and southern South Africa (eastern KwaZulu-Natal and eastern Eastern Cape Province. Also isolated records from near Cape Town, in western Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra verreauxii) - 10 files

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