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Taxonomic note

Cinnyris talatala (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Nectarinia following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

 

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
2018	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	Lower Risk/Least Concern

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)	4,680,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as abundant (Cheke et al. 2001).

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
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Bicuari National Park
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mount Moco
Angola	Mupa National Park
Angola	Tundavala
Botswana	Chobe National Park
Botswana	Linyanti swamp/Chobe river
Botswana	Okavango Delta
Malawi	Lengwe National Park
Malawi	Liwonde National Park
Malawi	Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Headwaters of the Cahora Bassa Dam
Mozambique	Panda Brachystegia woodlands
Mozambique	Primeiras and Segundas Environmental Protection Area (APAIPS)
Namibia	Eastern Caprivi wetlands
Namibia	Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river
Namibia	Tsumkwe pan system
South Africa	Benfontein
Zambia	Bangweulu Swamps
Zambia	Chisamba
Zambia	Hillwood
Zambia	Imanda
Zambia	Kafue Flats
Zambia	Kafue National Park
Zambia	Kasanka National Park
Zambia	Liuwa Plain National Park
Zambia	Lower Zambezi National Park
Zambia	Lukususi National Park
Zambia	Machile
Zambia	Minyanya Plain
Zambia	Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park and Batoka Gorge
Zambia	Mutulanganga
Zambia	Nkanga River Conservation Area
Zambia	North Luangwa National Park
Zambia	North Swaka
Zambia	Nyanje Hills
Zambia	Shiwa Ng'andu
Zambia	Simungoma
Zambia	Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Zambia	South Luangwa National Park
Zimbabwe	Chizarira National Park
Zimbabwe	Hwange National Park
Zimbabwe	Matobo Hills
Zimbabwe	Mavuradonha Mountains
Zimbabwe	Middle Zambezi Valley
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-breasted-sunbird-cinnyris-talatala on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.