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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Chalcomitra

Green-throated Sunbird

Chalcomitra rubescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gntsun1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Chalcomitra

Subspecies (3)

Chalcomitra rubescens crossensis

Nigeria and Cameroon
Chalcomitra rubescens rubescens

central and southern Cameroon southward to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia, eastward to southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
Chalcomitra rubescens stangerii

Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gntsun1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.