Shelley's Sunbird

When to see the Shelley's Sunbird

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

Where to see the Shelley's Sunbird

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 South Africa.

About the Shelley's Sunbird

Shelley's sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The species is named after George Ernest Shelley, an English ornithologist and nephew of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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Easily confused with

Forest Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris fuelleborniThe forest double-collared sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Ludwig's Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris ludovicensisThe sunbird is a medium-size species. Pemba SunbirdCinnyris pembaeMales have a wingspan of 51.5-53 mm, while females have a wingspan of 47.5-50 mm.