Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sunbirds and Spiderhunters :: Beautiful Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Beautiful Long-tailed Sunbird
Old scientific name(s): Nectarinia pulchella

Photographs

Saly, Senegal - Feb 19, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Saly, Senegal - Feb 20, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Kenya - Aug, 2003 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Kairaba Hotel, The Gambia - Nov 10, 2002 © Ian Esland 
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Range

(1) Senegambia, s. Mauritania, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, s. Niger (Air Massif), n. Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, n. Cameroon, s. Chad, n. Central African Republic, w. and s. udan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, ex. ne. Zaire, Uganda, nw. and s. Kenya and Tanzania.
(2) S. Kenya and Tanzania.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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