Species profile
Olive-backed Sunbird
Cinnyris jugularis
Quick answer
Local name Mangnesou (Kuneff). Range C. j. frenatus Biak, Supiori, Rani, Owi, Numfor, Yapen. Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and recorded by all recent visitors. Widespread and common in gardens, wooded scrub and secondary woodland edge. 6 August 2015: six on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S 24512191); 13 January 1994: seen on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris jugularis
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cinnyris
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Nectariniidae
- Abbott's Sunbird (Cinnyris abbotti)
- Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae)
- Anjouan Sunbird (Cinnyris comorensis)
- Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni)
- Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi)
- Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris hellmayri)