Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Beautiful Sunbird
The Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau eastward to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, southward to Sierra Leone, central Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, extreme northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and northwestern KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris pulchellus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia pulchella
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.187
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Spiderhunters and Sunbirds
Rockefeller's Sunbird
Cinnyris rockefelleri
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris mediocris
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris usambaricus
Forest Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris fuelleborni
Moreau's Sunbird
Cinnyris moreaui
Loveridge's Sunbird
Cinnyris loveridgei
Gorgeous Sunbird
Cinnyris melanogastrus
Marico Sunbird
Cinnyris mariquensis
Shelley's Sunbird
Cinnyris shelleyi
Congo Sunbird
Cinnyris congensis
Red-chested Sunbird
Cinnyris erythrocercus
Black-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris nectarinioides
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