Mangrove Sunbird

Anthreptes gabonicus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandDomed nestTiny · 10 g

When to see the Mangrove Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mangrove Sunbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 13 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 Mali.

About the Mangrove Sunbird

The mangrove sunbird or mouse-brown sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Its range covers areas near the Gulf of Guinea, from Senegal to northwestern Angola.

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