Violet-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris chalcomelas) | Details

Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Cinnyris chalcomelas (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Nectarinia following Archer and Turner (1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
Archer, A. L.; Turner, D. A. 1993. Notes on the endemic species and some additional new birds occurring on Pemba Island, Tanzania. Scopus 16: 94-98.
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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	8 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	120,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to fairly common (Fry and Keith 2004). 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 distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Kenya	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya	Boni and Dodori National Reserves
Kenya	Lower Tana River Forests
Kenya	Tana River Delta
Somalia	Aangole - Farbiito
Somalia	Far Waamo
Somalia	Jowhar - Warshiikh
Somalia	Laag Badaana

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/violet-breasted-sunbird-cinnyris-chalcomelas 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.