Seychelles Sunbird

Cinnyris dussumieri (Hartlaub, 1861)

Seychelles Sunbird, Cinnyris dussumieri, lives on the larger granitic islands of the Seychelles Bank in the Indian Ocean. It is an endemic landbird of the Seychelles and is found in forests, gardens, scrub and mangroves from sea level to 900 m. This passerine belongs to the sunbird family and is known locally as kolibri in Seychellois Creole. It breeds throughout the year, with September and October the main months. The nest is pear-shaped, made from grass and moss and held together with spiderwebs, and usually hangs at the end of a twig.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Nectariniidae — Sunbirds

Breeding range

Indian Ocean: Inner Is. (ne Seychelles)