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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris

Shelley's Sunbird

Cinnyris shelleyi

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shesun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris

Subspecies (2)

Cinnyris shelleyi hofmanni

eastern Tanzania (Ruvu and Pangani rivers to Morogoro region)
Cinnyris shelleyi shelleyi

southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southeastern Tanzania, eastern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shesun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.