List of sunbird species
Sunbirds and spiderhunters form the family Nectariniidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 147 species distributed among 16 genera.[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby-cheeked sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | 1 |
| Fraser's sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | 2 |
| Grey-headed sunbird | Deleornis axillaris | 3 |
| Plain-backed sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | 4 |
| Anchieta's sunbird | Anthreptes anchietae | 5 |
| Plain sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | 6 |
| Brown-throated sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | 7 |
| Grey-throated sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis | 8 |
| Red-throated sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaemus | 9 |
| Mangrove sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | 10 |
| Western violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | 11 |
| Eastern violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | 12 |
| Uluguru violet-backed sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | 13 |
| Violet-tailed sunbird | Anthreptes aurantius | 14 |
| Little green sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | 15 |
| Yellow-chinned sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | 16 |
| Grey-chinned sunbird | Anthreptes tephrolaemus | 17 |
| Banded green sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | 18 |
| Collared sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | 19 |
| Pygmy sunbird | Hedydipna platura | 20 |
| Nile Valley sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | 21 |
| Amani sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | 22 |
| Reichenbach's sunbird | Anabathmis reichenbachii | 23 |
| Principe sunbird | Anabathmis hartlaubii | 24 |
| Newton's sunbird | Anabathmis newtonii | 25 |
| Giant sunbird | Dreptes thomensis | 26 |
| Orange-breasted sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | 27 |
| Green-headed sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | 28 |
| Bannerman's sunbird | Cyanomitra bannermani | 29 |
| Blue-throated brown sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | 30 |
| Cameroon sunbird | Cyanomitra oritis | 31 |
| Blue-headed sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | 32 |
| Olive sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | 33 |
| Grey sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | 34 |
| Buff-throated sunbird | Chalcomitra adelberti | 35 |
| Carmelite sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | 36 |
| Green-throated sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | 37 |
| Amethyst sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | 38 |
| Scarlet-chested sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | 39 |
| Hunter's sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | 40 |
| Socotra sunbird | Chalcomitra balfouri | 41 |
| Purple-rumped sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | 42 |
| Crimson-backed sunbird | Leptocoma minima | 43 |
| Purple-throated sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | 44 |
| Van Hasselt's sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | 45 |
| Black sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | 46 |
| Copper-throated sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | 47 |
| Bocage's sunbird | Nectarinia bocagii | 48 |
| Purple-breasted sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | 49 |
| Tacazze sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | 50 |
| Bronzy sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | 51 |
| Malachite sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | 52 |
| Scarlet-tufted sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | 53 |
| Golden-winged sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | 54 |
| Olive-bellied sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | 55 |
| Tiny sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | 56 |
| Eastern Miombo sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis | 57 |
| Western Miombo sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | 58 |
| Southern double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | 59 |
| Neergaard's sunbird | Cinnyris neergaardi | 60 |
| Rwenzori double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni | 61 |
| Whyte's double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris whytei | 62 |
| Prigogine's double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris prigoginei | 63 |
| Ludwig's double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris ludovicensis | 64 |
| Northern double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | 65 |
| Greater double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris afer | 66 |
| Regal sunbird | Cinnyris regius | 68 |
| Rockefeller's sunbird | Cinnyris rockefelleri | 68 |
| Eastern double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | 69 |
| Usambara double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | 70 |
| Forest double-collared sunbird | Cinnyris fuelleborni | 71 |
| Moreau's sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui | 72 |
| Loveridge's sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei | 73 |
| Beautiful sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | 74 |
| Marico sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | 75 |
| Shelley's sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi | 76 |
| Hofmann's sunbird | Cinnyris hofmanni | 77 |
| Congo sunbird | Cinnyris congensis | 78 |
| Red-chested sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | 79 |
| Black-bellied sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | 80 |
| Purple-banded sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | 81 |
| Tsavo sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | 82 |
| Violet-breasted sunbird | Cinnyris chalcomelas | 83 |
| Pemba sunbird | Cinnyris pembae | 84 |
| Orange-tufted sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | 85 |
| Palestine sunbird | Cinnyris osea | 86 |
| Arabian sunbird | Cinnyris hellmayri | 87 |
| Shining sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | 88 |
| Splendid sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | 89 |
| Johanna's sunbird | Cinnyris johannae | 90 |
| Superb sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | 91 |
| Rufous-winged sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis | 92 |
| Oustalet's sunbird | Cinnyris oustaleti | 93 |
| White-bellied sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | 94 |
| Variable sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | 95 |
| Dusky sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | 96 |
| Ursula's sunbird | Cinnyris ursulae | 97 |
| Bates's sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | 98 |
| Copper sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | 99 |
| Purple sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | 100 |
| Olive-backed sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | 101 |
| Apricot-breasted sunbird | Cinnyris buettikoferi | 102 |
| Flame-breasted sunbird | Cinnyris solaris | 103 |
| Souimanga sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga | 104 |
| Abbott's sunbird | Cinnyris abbotti | 105 |
| Malagasy green sunbird | Cinnyris notatus | 106 |
| Seychelles sunbird | Cinnyris dussumieri | 107 |
| Humblot's sunbird | Cinnyris humbloti | 108 |
| Anjouan sunbird | Cinnyris comorensis | 109 |
| Mayotte sunbird | Cinnyris coquerellii | 110 |
| Loten's sunbird | Cinnyris lotenius | 111 |
| Grey-hooded sunbird | Aethopyga primigenia | 112 |
| Apo sunbird | Aethopyga boltoni | 113 |
| Lina's sunbird | Aethopyga linaraborae | 114 |
| Flaming sunbird | Aethopyga flagrans | 115 |
| Maroon-naped sunbird | Aethopyga guimarasensis | 116 |
| Metallic-winged sunbird | Aethopyga pulcherrima | 117 |
| Luzon sunbird | Aethopyga jefferyi | 118 |
| Bohol sunbird | Aethopyga decorosa | 119 |
| Elegant sunbird | Aethopyga duyvenbodei | 120 |
| Lovely sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | 121 |
| Handsome sunbird | Aethopyga bella | 122 |
| Mrs. Gould's sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | 123 |
| Green-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | 124 |
| White-flanked sunbird | Aethopyga eximia | 125 |
| Fork-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga christinae | 126 |
| Black-throated sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | 127 |
| Crimson sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | 128 |
| Magnificent sunbird | Aethopyga magnifica | 129 |
| Vigors's sunbird | Aethopyga vigorsii | 130 |
| Javan sunbird | Aethopyga mystacalis | 131 |
| Temminck's sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | 132 |
| Fire-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda | 133 |
| Purple-naped sunbird | Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum | 134 |
| Little spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | 135 |
| Orange-tufted spiderhunter | Arachnothera flammifera | 165 |
| Pale spiderhunter | Arachnothera dilutior | 137 |
| Thick-billed spiderhunter | Arachnothera crassirostris | 138 |
| Long-billed spiderhunter | Arachnothera robusta | 139 |
| Spectacled spiderhunter | Arachnothera flavigaster | 140 |
| Yellow-eared spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | 141 |
| Naked-faced spiderhunter | Arachnothera clarae | 142 |
| Grey-breasted spiderhunter | Arachnothera modesta | 143 |
| Streaky-breasted spiderhunter | Arachnothera affinis | 144 |
| Bornean spiderhunter | Arachnothera everetti | 145 |
| Streaked spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | 146 |
| Whitehead's spiderhunter | Arachnothera juliae | 147 |
References
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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