Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema) [XC822878]
by Peter Boesman from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (song)
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema) [XC139333]
by Martin St-Michel from Mabira Forest Reserve (The Rain Forest Lodge), Buikwe district, Uganda (call, song)
Subspecies
No apparent close relative. Shows characters of both present genus and Chalcomitra.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
magnirostrata (Bates, 1930) - Sierra Leone east to Togo.
octaviae Amadon, 1953 - South-western Nigeria, Cameroon and southern Central African Republic east to Uganda (Budongo Forest) and western Kenya (Kakamega Forest), and south to northern Angola and southern DRCongo (Katanga). Also north-western and western Tanzania.
cyanolaema (Jardine & Fraser, 1851) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).