Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestDomed nestTiny · 12 g

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), photo 1 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), photo 2 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), photo 3 — Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Rafael Würtemberger, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Purple-breasted Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Purple-breasted Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa Burundi

About the Purple-breasted Sunbird

The purple-breasted sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It is commonly found in Nyugwe Forest.

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Easily confused with

Scarlet-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoniThe scarlet-tufted sunbird is a large sunbird. Bocage's SunbirdNectarinia bocagiiBocage's sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazzeThe Tacazze sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

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