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When to see the Marico 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 Marico Sunbird
The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Marico Sunbird
The Marico sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae, which is native to woodlands of the eastern and southern Afrotropics.The bird is typically found in the southeast of the continent of Africa. It is of least concern on the IUCN Red List and has an unknown population size that has yet to be quantified. The Marico sunbird has conservation regions located all over its range, so it is unlikely to go extinct.
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Easily confused with
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustusThe variable sunbird or yellow-bellied sunbird, formerly Nectarinia venusta, is a sunbird.
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustusThe variable sunbird or yellow-bellied sunbird, formerly Nectarinia venusta, is a sunbird.
Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris aferThis sunbird is 14 cm long and exhibits a clear sexual dimorphism.
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