Beautiful Sunbird

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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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Beautiful Sunbird being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Cinnyris melanogastrus
• Cinnyris mariquensis
• Cinnyris erythrocercus
• Cinnyris chloropygius
• Cinnyris hellmayri

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Nectariniidae

Genus

Cinnyris

Species

Cinnyris pulchellus

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