Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Black-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris nectarinioides) - HBW 13, p. 284
French: Souimanga nectarin
German: Mennigbrust-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Ventrinegro
Other common names: Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris nectarinioides Richmond, 1897, plains east of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Has been thought possibly to be part of a superspecies which includes also C. mariquensis, C. shelleyi, C. congensis and C. erythrocercus. Has been suggested that this species and C. pulchellus link the “C. mariquensis complex” with the “C. chalybea complex”. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erlangeri (Reichenow, 1905) - extreme SE Ethiopia (banks of R Daua), S Somalia and NE Kenya.
- nectarinioides Richmond, 1897 - SE Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male bird singing & feeding with close up views of preening. Nominate race showing yellow pectoral tufts. Locality Ziwani Camp, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp nectarinioides)
Dave Jackson 19 November 2008 4 years ago 39 sec 4.2 -
A male in a tree Locality Melka Guba, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 3.9 -
A male in a tree, alert Locality Melka Guba, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 38 sec 3.9 -
A male in a tree, calling and preening Locality Melka Guba, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 3.2
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A male in breeding plumage
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Arti 22 September 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird feeding on a tree blossom
Locality Dawa River, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Ian Fulton 18 February 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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