Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Genus
- Chalcomitra
- eBird Code
- sccsun2
Vocalizations
Subspecies (6)
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Chalcomitra senegalensis acik
northern Cameroon to Central African Republic, southwestern Sudan, western and central South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Uganda
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Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis
southern Somalia southward to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa
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Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan (Imatong Mountains, Leboni Forest), Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda (except northwest), southwestern Kenya, and Tanzania
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Chalcomitra senegalensis proteus
southeastern Sudan, southeastern South Sudan (Boma Hills), Eritrea, and Ethiopia
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Chalcomitra senegalensis saturatior
Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo southward to Namibia and northern Botswana
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Chalcomitra senegalensis senegalensis
Senegal to northern Ghana and northern Nigeria
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.