Olive sunbird

The olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel. It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia.

Olive sunbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Cyanomitra
Species:	C. olivacea
Binomial name
Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith, 1840)
Synonyms
Nectarinia olivacea

A juvenile oilve sunbird in
Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana

The western subspecies (roughly west of the East African Rift) are sometimes split as the western olive sunbird, Cyanomitra obscura, in which case Cyanomitra olivacea becomes the eastern olive sunbird

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanomitra olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717691A131978137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717691A131978137.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

Further reading

• Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldså, J.; Hackett, S.J.; Crowe, T.M. (2004). "Molecular evolution in space and through time: mtDNA phylogeography of the Olive Sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea/obscura) throughout continental Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (1): 56–74. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.013. PMID 15324839.

External links

• Olive sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.