Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Nectariniidae — Sunbirds

Beautiful Sunbird, Cinnyris pulchellus, is a passerine of the sunbird family found in Africa, breeding from Mauritania to Sierra Leone and east to Eritrea, western Ethiopia and north-west Kenya. It is a small bird with a long tail in the breeding male, and it has a thin down-curved bill with a brush-tipped tongue suited to nectar feeding. The species was first described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is now placed in Cinnyris. It is a seasonal migrant within its range and breeds in suspended nests in trees.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Breeding range
Africa: Mauritania to Sierra Leone and e to Eritrea, w Ethiopia and nw Kenya
Beautiful Sunbird
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