Blue-throated Brown Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by andy wilkes
Uganda, March 2009

Cyanomitra cyanolaema

Nectarinia cyanolaema

Identification

Female - Subspecies C. c. magnirostrata
Photo © by whiteheadedvulture
Manso Nkwanta, Ashanti region, Ghana
18 February 2022

14–15 cm (5½-6 in)
Male

• Dark metallic bluish-green forehead, chin and throat
• Brown crown, head sides and upperparts

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

This is one of the seven Sunbirds that have recently been moved into the genus Cyanomitra from the genus Nectarinia.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. c. magnirostrata:

• Sierra Leone and Liberia to Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo

• C. c. octaviae:

• Nigeria and Cameroon to Angola, Uganda and western Kenya

• C. c. cyanolaema:

• Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Habitat

Forests, more open forested areas, gardens and cultivated areas, savanna gallery forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, seeds and small fruits.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-throated Brown Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-throated_Brown_Sunbird

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