Bronzy Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)
About the Bronzy Sunbird
The bronze sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Bié Plateau (Angola) and eastern Afromontane forests. Bronze sunbirds have a long, thin, well-curved bill. Males have bronze-and-green undertones but most often look black in light. While the male has the undertones, the female however has a pale eyebrow and an added yellowish park below the belly with fine streaking. On some subspecies specifically located in Angola there is a splash of odd green, but it does not overlap in range with malachite or scarlet-tufted sunbirds in similar areas which do not have this green streaking. Male sunbirds lack any purple tones to the plumage which is found on female species.
A real field recording of the Bronzy Sunbird. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe · xeno-canto lists 63 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosaprofile
- Scarlet-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoniprofile
- Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazzeprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.