Eastern Double-collared Sunbird © flickr.com

Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. May form a superspecies with Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui) and Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei). Recent analyses of mitochondrial DNA suggest that nominate subspecies, usambaricus, and fuelleborni may represent three distinct species, but status of bensoni obscure.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• mediocris (Shelley, 1885)   -  Western and central Kenya and northern Tanzania.
• usambaricus Grote, 1922   -  South-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Nectarinia usambarica).
• fuelleborni Reichenow, 1899   -  Central and southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia (Mafinga Mts) and northern Malawi (Karonga District).
• bensoni J. G. Williams, 1953   -  Southern Malawi and northern Mozambique.

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