Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus (Linnaeus, 1766)

7 gWeight

The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae.

Busiest months: January and November · Most records: Gambia, Tanzania, Kenya

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Beautiful Sunbird has been recorded at 197 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 24 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Lake BaringoKenya535 records
Lake Baringo – West ShoreKenya433 records
Tarangire NPTanzania393 records

More places

Amboseli NPKenya362 records
Campement de WassadouSenegal333 records
Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surroundsKenya324 records
Abuko NRGambia276 records
Parc Urbain Bangr-WeoogoBurkina Faso266 records
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterholeGhana266 records
Kotu CreekGambia255 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Gambia Tanzania Kenya Senegal Ethiopia Ghana Uganda Burkina Faso

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya in the east. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the gorgeous sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus).

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Questions

How big is the Beautiful Sunbird?

The Beautiful Sunbird weighs around 7 g.

Where does the Beautiful Sunbird live?

Its breeding range: Africa: Mauritania to Sierra Leone and east to Eritrea, western Ethiopia and northwestern Kenya. It is most often recorded in Gambia, Tanzania and Kenya.