Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

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.

Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0

Cinnyris bifasciatus bifasciatus

Gabon to lower Congo River and western Angola
Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern South Africa

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.