bird · Passeriformes · Nectariniidae

Dusky Sunbird

Cinnyris fuscus Vieillot, 1819 — also called DUSU. Occurrence records of the Dusky Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 11 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Augrabies Falls National Park (985 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNectariniidae

11reserves with records

1 975records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	985
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	495
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	349
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	85
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	18
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	17
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	10
ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	6
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	3
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	NC Northern Cape	3

By province

Northern Cape: 9 reserves
Western Cape: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Scientific name: Cinnyris fuscus
GBIF taxon: 7340625
Wikidata: Q1923283

More of the Nectariniidae family

Amethyst Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Southern Double-collared Sunbird Malachite Sunbird Greater Double-collared Sunbird Collared Sunbird Olive Sunbird Orange-breasted Sunbird Mouse-colored Sunbird Scarlet-chested Sunbird Marico Sunbird Purple-banded 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.