Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Genus
- Cinnyris
- eBird Code
- varsun2
Vocalizations
Elliot Greiner · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (5)
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Cinnyris venustus albiventris
southern Ethiopia to Somalia and northern Kenya
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Cinnyris venustus falkensteini
Gabon to northern Angola, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
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Cinnyris venustus fazoqlensis
east-central Sudan to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northwestern Kenya
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Cinnyris venustus igneiventris
highlands of far eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and western Uganda
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Cinnyris venustus venustus
Senegal to northern Cameroon and Ubangi-Shari
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.