Collared Sunbird

What the Collared Sunbird sounds like

Recorded by Louis A. Hansen · Song · Arabuko-Sokoke, T-junction at Elephant road, Kenya · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Louis A. Hansen · Song · Arabuko-Sokoke, T-junction at Elephant road, Kenya · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Collared Sunbird

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

Where to see the Collared Sunbird

The map shades 33 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Somalia, Burkina Faso, Chad.

About the Collared Sunbird

The collared sunbird is a bird species of the family Nectariniidae. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. The collared sunbird is in fact mainly insectivorous.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platuraMale birds have green back, yellow belly, and an extremely long central tail feather, while females have gray-brown upperparts and dim-yellow underparts. Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallicaThe Nile Valley sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Amani SunbirdHedydipna pallidigasterThe Amani sunbird is a small vibrant bird with distinctive features.