WO Rik & Mon's
Nature.Guide

Southern double-coloured sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus
Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

♂

Southern double-coloured sunbirdon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

CC-BY-SA 4.0 rights : RikenMon

A green head, throat and back. Breast is green followed by a blue plus larger red collar, this will be the ♂. ♀ is brown with a yellow-grey belly. 

Feeds on nectar and fruit however when breeding also small insects that are fed to the young. 
They build an oval nest with side entrances,  constructed of plants glued together with spider webbing. 

⇔ l. 11-12 cm

Where?

Family(3)

WWW info

Continu searching

Size

Shape

Colour

Legs

Beak

Neck

Tail

Habitat

Habitat

Habitat

Habitat

Social

Social

Food

Food

Food

Nest

Size < 15 cm

Shape Slender

Colour

Legs Common

Beak Curved

Neck Short

Tail Normal

Habitat Forest

Habitat Park/Urban

Habitat Coast

Habitat Bushes

Food Bugs

Food Nectar

Food Fruit

Nest Woven closed

< 15 cm

Slender

Common

Curved

Short

Normal

Forest

Park/Urban

Coast

Bushes

Solitary

Pair

Nectar

Fruit

Bugs

Woven closed

0 LookAlikes (LA):

Southern double-coloured sunbird

Kleine kraaghoningzuiger

Miombonektarvogel

Souimanga chalybée

Nettarinia duecollari meridionale

Suimanga acerado

Beija-flor-de-banda-fina

How to use the website:
Birds
Butterflies
Trees and Bushes
Mammals
Reptiles and Amphibian
Mushroom and Mosses
Bugs
Flowers and Plants
About Us

Index by name:
Birds
Butterflies
Bugs
Mammals
Reptiles and Amphibian
Flowers and Plants
Trees and Bushes
Mushroom and Mosses
Latin names

Set ecozone (biogeographic region)
select a region

select a region

© Copyright Nature.Guide The Netherlands 2024 by RikenMon unless otherwise noted.