Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus)

Other Scientific Names
Cinnyris habessinicus

Other Names (World)
Shining Sunbird, Abyssinian Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ehrenberg, 1828)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From 100 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus) [XC395616]
by Oscar Campbell from Ayn Hamran, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (call, song)

Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus) [XC815362]
by Herman van Oosten from Abha, Asir Principality, Aseer Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

habessinicus (Ehrenberg, 1828) - North-eastern Sudan, Eritrea and northern and central Ethiopia.
kinneari Bates, 1935 - Western Saudi Arabia (southern Hijaz south to Asir).
hellmayri Neumann, 1904 - Extreme south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen and south-western Oman. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris hellmayri).
alter Neumann, 1906 - Eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.
turkanae van Someren, 1920 - South-eastern Sudan, north-eastern Uganda, Kenya, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus) - 10 files

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