Orange-tufted Sunbird

Cinnyris bouvieri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarGrasslandDomed nestTiny · 9 g

When to see the Orange-tufted Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-tufted Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Orange-tufted Sunbird

The orange-tufted sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in moist savanna, the grassy edges of gallery forest and of isolated tropical forests in Africa. It is absent from forests in the central Congo Basin. It has been recorded in northern Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, western Kenya, eastern Nigeria, Uganda, and northern Zambia.

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