Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus)

Other Names (World)
Southern Double-collared Sunbird, Lesser Double-collared Sunbird, Smaller Double-collared Sunbird, Grey-bellied Double-collared Sunbird, Gray-bellied Double-collared Sunbird, Red-collared Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Coastal and Karoo scrub, fynbos and forests.

Range (Guide)

Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A harsh 'chee-chee'. Song is a rapid, high-pitched twitter, rising and falling in pitch.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (79)...)

Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) [XC371360]
by Faansie Peacock from Langebaan Country Estate, Western Cape, South Africa (alarm call, song)

Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) [XC91813]
by Bram Piot from Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. manoensis, and sometimes considered conspecific. Additional proposed subspecies in South Africa are capricornensis (described from Soutpansberg, in Limpopo Province), synonymized with subalaris, and albilateralis (from Port Nolloth, in western Northern Cape), considered inadequately differentiated from nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Southern Namibia and western South Africa (Northern Cape, western Cape).
subalaris Reichenow, 1899 - Eastern South Africa (Limpopo Province south to eastern Cape) and Swaziland.
albilateralis (Winterbottom, 1963) - North-western South Africa (western northern Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

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