THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina (Shaw, 1812) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chalcomitra hunteri (Shelley, 1889) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris abbotti Ridgway, 1894 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris afer (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw, 1812) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri Shelley, 1877 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apricot-breasted SunbirdCinnyris buettikoferi Hartert, 1896 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris chalcomelas Reichenow, 1905 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius (Jardine, 1842) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus (Latham, 1802) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris comorensis W. Peters, 1864 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris congensis (Oort, 1910) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris coquerellii (Hartlaub, 1860) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw, 1812) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris dussumieri (Hartlaub, 1861) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris erythrocercus (Hartlaub, 1857) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris fuelleborni Reichenow, 1899 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot, 1819 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris habessinicus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris hofmanni Reichenow, 1915 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris humbloti Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris johannae J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris lotenius (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris loveridgei Hartert, 1922 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris ludovicensis (Bocage, 1868) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris manoensis Reichenow, 1907 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris mariquensis A. Smith, 1836 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris mediocris Shelley, 1885 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris minullus Reichenow, 1899 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris moreaui W. L. Sclater, 1933 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris nectarinioides Richmond, 1897 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris neergaardi Grant, 1908 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris notatus (Statius Muller, 1776) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris osea Bonaparte, 1856 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris oustaleti (Bocage, 1878) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris pembae Reichenow, 1905 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris prigoginei Macdonald, 1958 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris pulchellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris regius Reichenow, 1893 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris reichenowi Sharpe, 1891 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris rockefelleri Chapin, 1932 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris rufipennis (Jensen, 1983) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris shelleyi Alexander, 1899 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris solaris (Temminck, 1825) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnyris sovimanga (Gmelin, 1788) | 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.