Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Cyanomitra

Olive Sunbird

Cyanomitra olivacea

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Brendan O'Loughlin · CC_BY_4_0

Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0

Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi

southern Tanzania to Malawi, southeastern Zambia, and northern Mozambique
Cyanomitra olivacea cephaelis

Benin to northern Angola and the Congo Basin
Cyanomitra olivacea changamwensis

southern Somalia and coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Mafia Island
Cyanomitra olivacea granti

Zanzibar and Pemba Island
Cyanomitra olivacea guineensis

Senegal to Togo
Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta

central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
Cyanomitra olivacea obscura

Príncipe and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
Cyanomitra olivacea olivacea

eastern South Africa (southern KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape), and Eswatini
Cyanomitra olivacea olivacina

northeastern South Africa (northeastern KwaZulu-Natal) and southern Mozambique
Cyanomitra olivacea ragazzii

southern South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia to Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Zambia
Cyanomitra olivacea sclateri

eastern Zimbabwe and west-central Mozambique

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.