Sunbirds

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

The Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) is a 7.0 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Sunbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

7.0 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

30

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Rwanda, Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Angola, Gabon, Eq. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Togo, Central African Rep., Benin.

Where to see it: Aberfoyle Lodge (Zimbabwe); Dunes de Dovela (Mozambique); Tombingo Forest (Angola); Seldomseen (Zimbabwe); Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary (Ghana).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist