A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Nectariniidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Aethopyga bella Tweeddale, 1877 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoni Mearns, 1905 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae Swinhoe, 1869 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga decorosa (McGregor, 1907) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant SunbirdAethopyga duyvenbodei (Schlegel, 1871) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-flanked SunbirdAethopyga eximia (Horsfield, 1821) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagrans Oustalet, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mrs. Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae (Vigors, 1831) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga guimarasensis (Steere, 1890) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicauda (Hodgson, 1836) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga jefferyi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lina's SunbirdAethopyga linaraborae Kennedy, Gonzales & Miranda, 1997 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga magnifica Sharpe, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan SunbirdAethopyga mystacalis (Temminck, 1822) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga primigenia (Hachisuka, 1941) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Metallic-winged SunbirdAethopyga pulcherrima Sharpe, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata (Hodgson, 1836) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyi Sharpe, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja (Raffles, 1822) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga temminckii (S. Muller, 1843) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga tibolii Kennedy, Gonzales & Miranda, 1997 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga vigorsii (Sykes, 1832) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anabathmis hartlaubii (Hartlaub, 1857) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anabathmis newtonii (Bocage, 1887) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anabathmis reichenbachii (Hartlaub, 1857) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthobaphes violacea (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anchieta's SunbirdAnthreptes anchietae (Bocage, 1878) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthreptes aurantius J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus (Hartlaub, 1861) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthreptes griseigularis Tweeddale, 1878 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei (Lesson, 1831) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis (Scopoli, 1786) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uluguru Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes neglectus Neumann, 1922 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis Hartlaub, 1880 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris (Shaw, 1812) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-backed SunbirdAnthreptes reichenowi Gunning, 1909 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthreptes rhodolaemus Shelley, 1878 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Green SunbirdAnthreptes rubritorques Reichenow, 1905 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthreptes seimundi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1908) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplex (S. Muller, 1843) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streaky-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera affinis (Horsfield, 1821) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenys (Temminck, 1826) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach, 1853) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutior Sharpe, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammifera Tweeddale, 1878 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled SpiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster (Eyton, 1839) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whitehead's SpiderhunterArachnothera juliae Sharpe, 1887 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arachnothera modesta (Eyton, 1839) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robusta S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.