Olive-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris chloropygius (Jardine, 1842)
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Olive-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris chloropygius, is a bird of western and central Africa, with its breeding range in those parts of the continent. It belongs to the sunbird family and was described by Jardine in 1842. It is a small species and is close in appearance to the tiny sunbird, but the adult male has a larger bill and lacks blue bars in the red breast area. The female shows olive-brown upperparts and olive underparts washed with yellow, with less streaking than the tiny sunbird.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, c
