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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Nectariniidae (sunbirds)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Anthobaphes violacea (Orange-breasted sunbird) 

Anthreptes longuemarei (Western Violet-backed sunbird) 

Anthreptes reichenowi (Plain-backed sunbird, Bluethroated sunbird) 

Chalcomitra amethystina (Amethyst sunbird, Black sunbird) 

Chalcomitra senegalensis (Scarlet-chested sunbird) 

Cinnyris afer (Greater double-collared sunbird) 

Cinnyris bifasciatus (Purple-banded sunbird) 

Cinnyris chalybeus (Southern double-collared sunbird, Lesser double-collared sunbird) 

Cinnyris cupreus (Copper sunbird, Coppery sunbird) 

Cinnyris fuscus (Dusky sunbird) 

Cinnyris manoensis (Miombo double-collared sunbird) 

Cinnyris mariquensis (Marico sunbird) 

Cinnyris neergaardi (Neergaard's sunbird) 

 

Cinnyris shelleyi (Shelley's sunbird) 

 

Cinnyris talatala (White-bellied sunbird) 

Cinnyris venustus (Variable sunbird, Yellow-bellied sunbird) 

Cyanomitra olivacea (Olive sunbird) 

Cyanomitra veroxii (Grey sunbird, Mouse-coloured sunbird) 

Hedydipna collaris (Collared sunbird) 

Nectarinia famosa (Malachite sunbird)

Nectarinia kilimensis (Bronzy sunbird, Bronze Sunbird)