Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus) - HBW 13, p. 283
French: Souimanga à longue queue
German: Elfennektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Colilargo
Other common names: Beautiful Long-tailed Sunbird
Taxonomy: Certhia pulchella Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. It has been suggested that this species and C. nectarinioides link the “C. mariquensis complex” with the “C. chalybeus complex”. Proposed races aeger (described from Aïr, in Niger) and lucidipectus (from Wad Medani, on Blue Nile in EC Sudan) considered inseparable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pulchellus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau E to Sudan, Eritrea and W Ethiopia, S to Sierra Leone, C Nigeria, N Cameroon, Central African Republic, NE DRCongo, Uganda and NW Kenya.
- melanogastrus (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - W, C & S Kenya and Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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calling male bird Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pulchellus)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 14 weeks ago 1 min 39 sec 4.6 -
A male Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 16 sec 4.5 -
one bird very close Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pulchellus)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 16 weeks ago 33 sec 4.4 -
A female Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tree, calling nervously and wing flicking. Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pulchellus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 12 November 2008 3 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A male displaying to a female Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp pulchellus)
Dave Jackson 17 November 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 3.9
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An adult male, edge of the Rift Valley.
Locality Arusha Town, Arusha Region, Tanzania (ssp melanogastrus)
M P Goodey 1 January 2009 44 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult male
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 14 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male in a bush.
Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
David Lingard 23 November 2010 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
Coming to a dripping pipe at our camp
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 14 weeks ago 4 -
A male in full breeding plumage.
Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 44 weeks ago 4 -
Adult male in breeding plumage
Locality Kabak Island, Kindia Region, Guinea (ssp pulchellus)
Nik Borrow 12 October 2011 18 weeks ago 3.7
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Calls of a male moving among branches.
Locality Chestnut Lodge private collection, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2009 1 year ago 4
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