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bird · Passeriformes · Nectariniidae

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw, 1812) — also called Common Purple-banded Sunbird, PBSU. Occurrence records of the Purple-banded Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 22 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (2 057 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNectariniidae
22reserves with records
7 139records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus)
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal2 057
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal1 473
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal1 105
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal410
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal400
Burman BushProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal272
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal255
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal235
Umhlanga LagoonProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal169
False Bay ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal158
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal142
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal127
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal54
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal49
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal45
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal44
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal37
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal30
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational parkKZN KwaZulu-Natal24
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal21
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga19
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal13

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
21 reserves
Mpumalanga
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Scientific name
Cinnyris bifasciatus
GBIF taxon
6087859
Wikidata
Q2669185

More of the Nectariniidae family

Amethyst SunbirdWhite-bellied SunbirdSouthern Double-collared SunbirdMalachite SunbirdGreater Double-collared SunbirdCollared SunbirdOlive SunbirdOrange-breasted SunbirdMouse-colored SunbirdScarlet-chested SunbirdMarico SunbirdDusky SunbirdNeergaard'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.