Newton's Sunbird

Anabathmis newtonii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g

When to see the Newton's Sunbird

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

Where to see the Newton's Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Newton's Sunbird

Newton's sunbird, or the São Tomé sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island. It is one of the smallest sunbirds. In general, the bird has dark olive upperparts - the male has an iridescent green-purple throat and upper breast region, while females have a dull olive throat and yellowish underparts, but underparts in female youth do not develop into yellow until later sexual maturity.

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