Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regius) [XC71438]
by Josh Engel from Kibira Forest NP (Teza), Burundi (song)
Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regius) [XC104745]
by Rolf A. de By from Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Mount Bugulumiza, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call, song)
Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Probably closely related to Rockefeller's Sunbird (Cinnyris rockefelleri).
Proposed subspecies kivuensis (from Kivu Volcanoes, in DRCongo) considered indistinguishable from nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
regius (Reichenow, 1893) - Eastern DRCongo, south-western Uganda, western Rwanda and western Burundi.