Red-chested Sunbird

Cinnyris erythrocercus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarWetlandDomed nestTiny · 9 g

When to see the Red-chested Sunbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-chested Sunbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 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 Malawi.

About the Red-chested Sunbird

The red-chested sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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