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Taxonomic note
Cinnyris habessinicus and C. hellmayri (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously placed in the genus Nectarinia and lumped as N. habessinica following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).
Differs from C. habessinicus in its much-reduced and slightly duller red breastband in male (2); more extensive and deeper blue reflectant uppertail-coverts in male (1); much darker grey or grey-brown plumage in female (2); larger size (effect size for wing of subspecies kinneari vs C. h. habessinicus 2.03, score 2); and seemingly different song (Boesman 2016). Two subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,330,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.72 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as very common to uncommon (Cheke et al. 2001). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Oman	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Yemen	Al-Kadan area
Yemen	Al-Murah
Yemen	Hawf deciduous cloud forest
Yemen	Jabal Bura
Yemen	Jabal Iraf
Yemen	Ta'izz wadis
Yemen	Wadi Jahr

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks	suitable	resident
Altitude	100 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/arabian-sunbird-cinnyris-hellmayri on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.