Blue-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra alinae

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestDomed nestTiny · 13 g

When to see the Blue-headed Sunbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue-headed Sunbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Kenya.

About the Blue-headed Sunbird

The blue-headed sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.

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Easily confused with

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