Sunbirds
Amethyst Sunbird
Chalcomitra amethystina
The Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) is a 14 g woodland bird that eats a bit of everything. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Sunbirds
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 14 g
- Habitat
- Woodland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 12
Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, eSwatini, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola.
Where to see it: Amano Christian School (Zambia); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Aga Khan University (private) · Ngaramtoni Korongo (Tanzania); Mukuvisi Woodlands (Zimbabwe); Dzalanyama Forest Reserve (Malawi).
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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