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Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. May form a superspecies with Golden-winged Sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi) and has sometimes been considered conspecific with Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni), Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei) and Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis). In addition, an undescribed taxon apparently close to present species, but probably closer to Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis) (of subspecies whytei) or to Miombo Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris manoensis), has recently been discovered in Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania and in north-eastern Zambia. Subspecies intergrade in south-western Eastern Cape. Subspecies saliens regarded by some authors as being of dubious validity.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• afer (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Southern South Africa (southern western Cape and south-western eastern Cape).
• saliens (Clancey, 1962)   -  Eastern South Africa (Limpopo Province and north-eastern Gauteng south to north-western KwaZulu-Natal and southern eastern Cape), western Swaziland and eastern Lesotho.

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