Mouse-colored Sunbird

Cyanomitra veroxii (A.Smith, 1831) — also called grey sunbird, Gray Sunbird, Grey Sunbird. Occurrence records of the Mouse-colored Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 45 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1 543 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Not evaluatedNectariniidae

45reserves with records

9 303records around them

3provinces

NEIUCN category

Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 543
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	932
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	932
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	932
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	773
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	585
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	348
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	348
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	341
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	284
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	250
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	222
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	192
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	175
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	149
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	148
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	134
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	125
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	125
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	100
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	73
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	72
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	59
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	56
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	51
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	50
Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	32
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	29
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	25
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	25
Knysna Elephant ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	25
Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	25
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	19
Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	18
Lourie Dam Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	17
Island Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	12
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Temba Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	12
Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	11
Van Stadens Wild Flower ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	11
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	7
Harold Johnson Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7
Plaatbos Nature ReserveForest reserve	EC Eastern Cape	6
Inkwenkwezi Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	6
Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	5

By province

Eastern Cape: 20 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 19 reserves
Western Cape: 6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Scientific name: Cyanomitra veroxii
GBIF taxon: 6088910
Wikidata: Q2606563

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 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.