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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris chloropygius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (olbsun3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris

Subspecies (3)

Cinnyris chloropygius chloropygius

southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon, northwestern Angola, and central Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bioko
Cinnyris chloropygius kempi

Senegal to southwestern Nigeria
Cinnyris chloropygius orphogaster

central Democratic Republic of the Congo through southern South Sudan to southwestern Ethiopia, southward to northeastern Angola and western Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (olbsun3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.