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Alternative name:Yellow-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Nectarinia venusta

Photos by Charlie M
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

[edit] Identification

10cm. Glossy green head, throat and nape, maroon breast band and a yellow belly, medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues. The female has grey-brown upperparts and yellowish underparts, and pale supercilium. The eclipse male is like the female, but shows some green, especially on the throat. The call is a clear tew-tew-tew-tew-tew.

[edit] Distribution

Equatorial Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

2 eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree.

The diet includes nectar.

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