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Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Drepanorhynchus

Golden-winged Sunbird

Drepanorhynchus reichenowi

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gowsun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Drepanorhynchus

Subspecies (3)

Drepanorhynchus reichenowi lathburyi

montane forest of northern Kenya (Mount Kulal to Mount Uraguess)
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi reichenowi

highlands of Kenya to southeastern Uganda and northeastern Tanzania
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi shellyae

montane forest of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gowsun2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.