Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Nectarinia

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

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.

Kim Gordon · CC_BY_4_0

Sean Hartnett · CC_BY_4_0

flamelily · CC0_1_0

Nectarinia famosa cupreonitens

Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and northern Malawi
Nectarinia famosa famosa

mountains of eastern Zimbabwe, Lesotho, western Eswatini, and South Africa

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.