Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae)

Other Names (World)
Johanna's Sunbird, Madame Verreaux's Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal (B), Sierra Leone, Sudan (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) [XC719009]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (call)

Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) [XC398720]
by Peter Boesman from Parc National du Banco, Ivory Coast (call)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Racial affiliation of populations in Nigeria uncertain and tentatively included in nominate, but further study is required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

fasciatus (Jardine & Fraser, 1852) - Sierra Leone and south-western Mali east to south-western Benin.
johannae (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) - South-western and south-eastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to Central African Republic and north-eastern DRCongo, and south to PRCongo and north-western Angola (Cabinda).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Johannas Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae) - 10 files

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