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Female with pollen on her face from feeding on flowering Aloes.
Photo by GuideInAfrica
Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe
Cinnyris manoensis

Nectarinia manoensis

Identification

Distribution

Africa
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
Southern Africa: found only in Zimbabwe.

Taxonomy

Female with pollen on her face from feeding on flowering Aloes.
Photo by safariranger
Lake Kyle, Zimbabwe, June 2006

This is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized[1].

  • C. m. manoensis:
  • C. m. amicorum:
  • Mozambique (Mount Gorongoza)

Eastern Miombo Sunbird and Western Miombo Sunbird have until recently been considered one species, Miombo Double-collared Sunbird.

Habitat

Miombo woodland, gardens and edges of montane forest.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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