Species profile
Rockefeller's Sunbird
Cinnyris rockefelleri
Quick answer
Alpine moorlands of e Democratic Republic of the Congo (Albertine Rift Mts.)
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris rockefelleri
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cinnyris
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Rockefeller's Sunbird in your journal
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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)