Species profile
White-breasted Sunbird
Cinnyris talatala
Quick answer
southwestern Angola and northern Namibia east to southeastern Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, northern and eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and eastern South Africa (North West and Limpopo to Free State and KwaZulu-Natal)
- Scientific name
- Cinnyris talatala
- 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)