Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris afer (Linnaeus, 1766)

Greater Double-collared Sunbird, Cinnyris afer, breeds in eastern and southern South Africa. It is a sunbird of gardens, fynbos, forest margins and coastal scrub, and it is mainly resident, though some birds move in the north-east of its range. The species is known for marked differences between the sexes. The male has a glossy green head, throat, upper breast and back, a red band across the chest edged below by blue, and pale grey underparts. The female is pale grey, with darker wings.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Nectariniidae — Sunbirds

Breeding range

Africa: e, s South Africa