Malachite Sunbird
Nectarinia famosa
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Genus
- Nectarinia
- eBird Code
- malsun1
Vocalizations
Kim Gordon · CC_BY_4_0
Sean Hartnett · CC_BY_4_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (2)
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Nectarinia famosa cupreonitens
Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and northern Malawi
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Nectarinia famosa famosa
mountains of eastern Zimbabwe, Lesotho, western Eswatini, and South Africa
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.