Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Hedydipna

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

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.

Sean Hartnett · CC_BY_4_0

Hedydipna collaris collaris

southern KwaZulu-Natal, western Eswatini, and eastern Cape Province
Hedydipna collaris djamdjamensis

southwestern Ethiopia (Alghe and Sagan river area)
Hedydipna collaris elachior

eastern Kenya to northeastern Tanzania, Manda Island, Zanzibar, and Mafia Island
Hedydipna collaris garguensis

southeastern South Sudan, far southwestern Ethiopia, eastern and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania, eastern Angola, and northern Zambia
Hedydipna collaris hypodila

Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
Hedydipna collaris somereni

southeastern Nigeria southward to northwestern Angola and eastward to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern South Sudan
Hedydipna collaris subcollaris

Senegal to southern Nigeria (Niger River delta)
Hedydipna collaris zambesiana

Angola to Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa
Hedydipna collaris zuluensis

northeastern KwaZulu-Natal to southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.