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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris

Abyssinian Sunbird

Cinnyris habessinicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shisun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris

Subspecies (3)

Cinnyris habessinicus alter

northern Somalia to Ethiopia
Cinnyris habessinicus habessinicus

Red Sea Province of Sudan to Eritrea and western Ethiopia
Cinnyris habessinicus turkanae

southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southwestern Somalia, northeastern Uganda, and northern Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shisun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.