Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

What the Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird sounds like

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Mererani, Simanjiro, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Eastern Violet-backed 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 Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

The map shades 6 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 Djibouti.

About the Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

The eastern violet-backed sunbird, also known as the Kenya violet-backed sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in arid savanna of East Africa, ranging from Djibouti in north to Tanzania in south. It is part of the violet-backed sunbird superspecies.

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

Easily confused with

Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplexThe plain sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostrisThe yellow-chinned sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundiThe little green sunbird is small, light yellow, and warbler-like; overall similar to the Bates's sunbird.