Copper Sunbird

Cinnyris cupreus - Souimanga cuivré

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Nectariniidés
Genus
:
Cinnyris
Species
:
cupreus

Descriptor

Shaw, 1812

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Copper Sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Cinnyris cupreus cupreus (sw Mauritania to Sierra Leone and east to w Ethiopia, w Kenya, w Tanzania, c DRCongo, and nw Angola)
Cinnyris cupreus chalceus (Angola and s DRCongo to s Tanzania, Mozambique, n Zimbabwe and n Botswana)

Foreign names

Souimanga cuivré,
Suimanga cobrizo,
nectarínia-cobreada,
Kupfernektarvogel,
rezes nektármadár,
Koperhoningzuiger,
Nettarinia ramata,
kopparsolfågel,
Kobbersolfugl,
nektárovka medená,
strdimil achátový,
Kobbersolfugl,
kuparimedestäjä,
Kopersuikerbekkie,
suimanga de coure,
nektarnik miedziany,
Медная нектарница,
ブロンズタイヨウチョウ,
铜色花蜜鸟,
kopparsolfågel,
銅色花蜜鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest