Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernNectar

ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 7 g

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 1 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 2 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 3 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 4 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 6 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 7 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 8 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 9 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis), photo 10 — Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0

What the Tsavo Sunbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Tsavo Sunbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Frank shirima · Alarm call, call · Mererani, Simanjiro, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Tsavo sunbird is 9.5 to 10 cm (3.75 to 4 inches) long. The bill is down-curved and rather short for a sunbird, especially compared to that of the otherwise similar Marico sunbird. The female is greyish-brown above and on the head with a white eyebrow stripe; the throat is either white or dusky with white edges (malar strips). The underparts are faintly yellow-tinged white with dusky stripes on the breast. The tail is bluish-black with grey edges and tip. The juvenile male looks like the dark-throated form of the female.

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When to see the Tsavo Sunbird

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

Where to see the Tsavo Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Tanzania

About the Tsavo Sunbird

The Tsavo sunbird is a small passerine bird of Kenya and Tanzania. It is sometimes lumped with the purple-banded sunbird.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricusThe Usambara double-collared sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieriThe orange-tufted sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

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