Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) - HBW 13, p. 274
French: Souimanga chalybée
German: Halsbandnektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Acerado
Other common names: Lesser/Smaller/Grey-bellied Double-collared Sunbird, Red-collared Sunbird
Taxonomy: Certhia chalybea Linnaeus, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Forms a superspecies with C. manoensis, and sometimes considered conspecific. Additional proposed races in South Africa are capricornensis (described from Soutpansberg, in Limpopo Province), synonymized with subalaris, and albilateralis (from Port Nolloth, in W Northern Cape), considered inadequately differentiated from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766) - S Namibia and W South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape).
- subalaris Reichenow, 1899 - E South Africa (Limpopo Province S to Eastern Cape) and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on a bush Locality Waterval Boven, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp subalaris)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 December 2001 4 years ago 12 sec 3.9
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Male feeding on protea
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 26 September 2007 1 year ago 3.7 -
Male feeding of Watsonia flowers
Locality Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp chalybeus)
Loutjie Steenberg 15 July 2011 44 weeks ago 3.4 -
Female feeding on protea
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 26 September 2007 1 year ago 3.4 -
Male perched on a feeder.
Locality Velddrif, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp chalybeus )
Loutjie Steenberg 5 April 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
A male in eclipse feathers, sitting next to some flowers.
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp chalybeus)
Carmelo López 23 November 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Male Southern Double-collared Sunbird feeding on a protea
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Rhonda Hansch 26 September 2007 22 weeks ago 3
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Adult male singing from the top of a bush. 9:17am. Locality Koeberg Private Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp chalybeus)
Charles Hesse 28 May 2010 1 year ago 3
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