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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cinnyris

Superb Sunbird

Cinnyris superbus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (supsun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Cinnyris

Subspecies (4)

Cinnyris superbus ashantiensis

Sierra Leone to Togo and (?) Benin
Cinnyris superbus buvuma

northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through western Kenya and southward to northwestern Tanzania
Cinnyris superbus nigeriae

southern Nigeria
Cinnyris superbus superbus

southern Cameroon eastward to Democratic Republic of the Congo (except northeastern) and southward to western Angola

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (supsun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.