Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Chalcomitra

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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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
Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis

southern Somalia southward to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa
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
Chalcomitra senegalensis proteus

southeastern Sudan, southeastern South Sudan (Boma Hills), Eritrea, and Ethiopia
Chalcomitra senegalensis saturatior

Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo southward to Namibia and northern Botswana
Chalcomitra senegalensis senegalensis

Senegal to northern Ghana and northern Nigeria

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.