Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris osea Bonaparte, 1856
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Palestine Sunbird, Cinnyris osea, is a passerine in the sunbird family that breeds in north-central Africa and in southern and western parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It was described by Bonaparte in 1856. The species lives in hot, dry country and is found in woodland, scrub, wadis, savanna, orchards and gardens, including towns in some places. It has a fairly long, downcurved black bill. Breeding males are mostly dark with a glossy blue or green sheen in the light, and show orange tufts at the sides of the breast.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: nc, also s, w Arabian Pen.
