Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus) - HBW 13, p. 295
French: Souimanga fuligineux
German: Rußnektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Oscuro
Other common names: White-vented Sunbird, Namaqua Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot, 1819, Great Namaqualand, Namibia.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Has been thought to form a superspecies with C. cupreus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inclusus (Clancey, 1970) - coastal SW Angola (Benguela, and Namibe S to R Cunene).
- fuscus Vieillot, 1819 - Namibia, W & C South Africa and S Botswana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A moulting male feeding in flowers Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 4 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A male feeding in a bush, then flying away Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 22 January 2007 4 years ago 12 sec 3.8
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Female perched.
Locality Aus, Karas Region, Namibia (ssp fuscus)
Fran Trabalon 26 November 2011 6 weeks ago 4 -
Great views of this guy drinking and preening at a pool on our Namibian Safari.
Locality Namibia
Stan Mansfield 27 April 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A male on a flower
Locality Aus, Karas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 19 August 2007 2 years ago 3.4 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp fuscus)
Carmelo López 1 December 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp fuscus)
Carmelo López 1 December 2010 1 year ago 2.3 -
A male on a kookerboom flower.
Locality Keetmanshoop, Karas Region, Namibia (ssp fuscus)
papou 16 July 2009 2 years ago 2
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Call. 7:07am. Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp fuscus)
Charles Hesse 13 November 2009 2 years ago 4
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