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Passeriformes

Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Small, slender passerines with long, usually decurved bill, some with long tail; many brightly coloured, most with some iridescence, particularly in male.
Old World.
All vegetated habitats.
16 genera, 132 species, 396 taxa.
7 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.

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10 2 8 8 1 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
2 1 1 8 2 Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (Deleornis fraseri)
1 1 8 3 Grey-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris)
1 1 6 4 Plain-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes reichenowi)
0 8 5 Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae)
1 1 8 6 Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex)
24 9 15 8 7 Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
2 2 8 8 Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis)
0 6 9 Red-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes rhodolaemus)
3 3 8 10 Mouse-brown Sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus)
4 2 2 8 11 Western Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei)
3 3 8 12 Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis)
0 8 13 Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes neglectus)
0 8 14 Violet-tailed Sunbird (Anthreptes aurantius)
2 1 1 8 15 Little Green Sunbird (Anthreptes seimundi)
7 7 8 16 Straight-billed Green Sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris)
0 4 17 Banded Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques)
13 1 6 6 8 18 Collared Sunbird (Anthodiaeta collaris)
12 1 11 8 19 Pygmy Sunbird (Anthodiaeta platura)
8 4 4 8 20 Nile Valley Sunbird (Anthodiaeta metallica)
3 3 3 21 Amani Sunbird (Anthodiaeta pallidigaster)
2 1 1 8 22 Purple-naped Sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
2 1 1 8 23 Reichenbach's Sunbird (Anabathmis reichenbachii)
1 1 8 24 Principe Sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii)
2 1 1 8 25 Newton's Sunbird (Anabathmis newtonii)
1 1 4 26 Sao Tome Sunbird (Dreptes thomensis)
23 1 15 7 8 27 Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)
9 1 2 6 8 28 Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis)
9 9 8 29 Bannerman's Sunbird (Cyanomitra bannermani)
2 1 1 8 30 Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema)
2 2 8 31 Cameroon Sunbird (Cyanomitra oritis)
3 1 2 8 32 Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae)
4 1 3 8 33 Eastern Olive-Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
1 1 8 34 Western Olive-sunbird (Cyanomitra obscura)
2 1 1 8 35 Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
6 2 4 8 35 Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti)
0 8 37 Carmelite Sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa)
3 3 8 38 Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens)
9 1 7 1 8 39 Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
26 1 9 16 8 40 Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
7 6 1 8 41 Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri)
1 1 8 42 Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)
47 1 33 13 8 43 Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
16 12 4 8 44 Crimson-backed Sunbird (Leptocoma minima)
8 1 4 3 8 45 Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata)
8 1 4 3 8 46 Black Sunbird (Leptocoma sericea)
6 1 4 1 8 47 Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha)
0 8 48 Bocage's Sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii)
2 1 1 8 49 Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris)
21 15 6 8 50 Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze)
17 5 12 8 51 Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)
19 2 13 4 8 52 Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
2 2 8 53 Red-tufted Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni)
9 8 1 8 54 Golden-winged Sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi)
6 3 3 8 55 Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius)
4 1 3 8 56 Tiny Sunbird (Cinnyris minullus)
4 4 8 57 Miombo Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris manoensis)
14 1 12 1 8 58 Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus)
0 6 59 Neergaard's Sunbird (Cinnyris neergaardi)
4 3 1 8 60 Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni)
0 8 61 Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris prigoginei)
0 8 62 Montane Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris ludovicensis)
10 2 8 8 63 Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)
7 1 4 2 8 64 Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer)
7 1 6 8 65 Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regius)
0 4 66 Rockefeller's Sunbird (Cinnyris rockefelleri)
2 2 8 67 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris)
1 1 6 68 Moreau's Sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui)
1 1 3 69 Loveridge's Sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei)
47 1 14 32 8 70 Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)
18 1 10 7 8 71 Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
1 1 8 72 Shelley's Sunbird (Cinnyris shelleyi)
0 8 73 Congo Sunbird (Cinnyris congensis)
13 2 11 8 74 Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocercus)
6 2 4 8 75 Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides)
6 1 4 1 8 76 Common Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus)
1 1 8 77 Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis)
1 1 8 78 Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas)
1 1 8 79 Pemba Sunbird (Cinnyris pembae)
2 1 1 8 80 Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri)
16 1 9 6 8 81 Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea)
13 6 7 8 82 Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus)
19 2 6 11 8 83 Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus)
1 1 8 84 Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae)
4 1 3 8 85 Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus)
0 4 86 Rufous-winged Sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis)
0 8 87 Oustalet's Sunbird (Cinnyris oustaleti)
15 1 11 3 8 88 White-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala)
26 1 12 13 8 89 Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
10 1 7 2 8 90 Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus)
0 6 91 Ursula's Sunbird (Cinnyris ursulae)
1 1 8 92 Bates' Sunbird (Cinnyris batesi)
6 2 4 8 93 Copper Sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus)
103 6 67 30 8 94 Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
77 4 46 27 8 95 Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
2 1 1 8 96 Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi)
4 2 2 8 97 Flame-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris solaris)
4 2 2 8 98 Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga)
1 1 8 99 Humblot's Sunbird (Cinnyris humbloti)
0 8 100 Anjouan Sunbird (Cinnyris comorensis)
1 1 8 101 Mayotte Sunbird (Cinnyris coquerellii)
2 1 1 8 102 Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)
2 2 8 103 Long-billed Green Sunbird (Cinnyris notatus)
19 1 12 6 8 104 Loten's Sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius)
2 2 6 105 Grey-hooded Sunbird (Aethopyga primigenia)
1 1 6 106 Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni)
0 6 107 Lina's Sunbird (Aethopyga linaraborae)
3 1 2 8 108 Flaming Sunbird (Aethopyga flagrans)
6 2 1 3 8 109 Metallic-winged Sunbird (Aethopyga pulcherrima)
0 3 110 Elegant Sunbird (Aethopyga duyvenbodei)
3 1 2 8 111 Lovely Sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi)
6 1 2 3 8 112 Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella)
18 9 9 8 113 Gould's Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
21 1 9 11 8 114 Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
3 1 2 8 115 White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia)
8 1 5 2 8 116 Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
13 1 6 6 8 117 Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
4 4 8 118 Vigors's Sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii)
25 2 15 8 8 119 Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
0 8 120 Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis)
3 1 1 1 8 121 Temminck's Sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii)
6 3 3 8 122 Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
26 10 10 6 8 123 Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
1 1 8 124 Thick-billed Spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris)
0 8 125 Long-billed Spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta)
3 1 2 8 126 Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster)
7 1 6 8 127 Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys)
3 1 2 8 128 Naked-faced Spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae)
5 2 3 8 129 Grey-breasted Spiderhunter (Arachnothera modesta)
4 2 2 8 130 Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter (Arachnothera affinis)
18 1 10 7 8 131 Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
2 1 1 8 132 Whitehead's Spiderhunter (Arachnothera juliae)

Family statistics

16 genera, 132 species

1039 files covering
16 genera	(100%)
112 species	(85%)

438 videos covering
15 genera	(94%)
86 species	(65%)

543 photographs covering
16 genera	(100%)
101 species	(77%)

58 sound recordings covering
10 genera	(63%)
36 species	(27%)

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