Sunbirds

Carmelite Sunbird

Chalcomitra fuliginosa

The Carmelite Sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa) is a 12 g woodland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Sunbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

12 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of the Congo, Benin, Eq. Guinea.

Where to see it: Mills Center (Liberia); Auberge & marshes in Grand Popo (Benin); Tower Hill, Liberia, West Africa (Liberia); Libreville · Résidence de France (Gabon); Kumbira Forest Reserve (Angola).

Photo: (c) Lucy Keith-Diagne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist