bird · Passeriformes · Nectariniidae

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris (Vieillot, 1819) — also called COSU. Occurrence records of the Collared Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 101 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1 884 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNectariniidae

101reserves with records

14 919records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) — Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 884
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 564
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 535
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	750
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	613
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	493
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	454
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	446
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	387
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	378
SabieparkNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	346
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	341
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	338
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	338
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	338
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	331
Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	328
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	262
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	215
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	195
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	153
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	146
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	142
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	138
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	138
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	125
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	125
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	120
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	108
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	103
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	97
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	96
Thornybush Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	94
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	94
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	92
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	92
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	67
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	63
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	62
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	62
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	58
Mountainlands Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	55
Dumaneni ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	52
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	46
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	44
SANP Garden Of EdenNature reserve	WC Western Cape	43
Barberton Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	42
Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	39
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	38
Londolozi Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	36
Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	36
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	34
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	33
Knysna Elephant ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	32
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	31
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	LP Limpopo	31
Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	30
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	30
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	28
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	27

and 41 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 49 reserves
Eastern Cape: 25 reserves
Mpumalanga: 11 reserves
Limpopo: 9 reserves
Western Cape: 7 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Scientific name: Hedydipna collaris
GBIF taxon: 7340984
Wikidata: Q839914

More of the Nectariniidae family

Amethyst Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Southern Double-collared Sunbird Malachite Sunbird Greater Double-collared Sunbird Olive Sunbird Orange-breasted Sunbird Mouse-colored Sunbird Scarlet-chested Sunbird Marico Sunbird Purple-banded Sunbird Dusky Sunbird Neergaard's Sunbird

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.