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Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called SCSU. Occurrence records of the Scarlet-chested Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 34 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1 891 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNectariniidae
34reserves with records
4 397records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal1 891
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal878
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal410
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal224
SabieparkNature reserveMP Mpumalanga173
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal150
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal102
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal74
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal74
Modjadji Nature ReserveProtected areaLP Limpopo54
False Bay ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal48
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal40
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal36
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga36
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal28
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal23
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal23
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal19
Mountainlands Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga17
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal14
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal11
Shaws GateNature reserveMP Mpumalanga9
Mthethomusha Game ReserveGame reserveMP Mpumalanga8
Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal8
Makalali ReserveGame reserveLP Limpopo7
Chimp EdenGame reserveMP Mpumalanga7
Somkhanda Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical gardenLP Limpopo6
Pongola Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal5
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal5
Ubizane Wildlife ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal4
Umfolozi Game ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
Mac-Mac Forest Nature ReserveForest reserveMP Mpumalanga2
Vergelegen Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
24 reserves
Mpumalanga
7 reserves
Limpopo
3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Scientific name
Chalcomitra senegalensis
GBIF taxon
7340870
Wikidata
Q854678

More of the Nectariniidae family

Amethyst SunbirdWhite-bellied SunbirdSouthern Double-collared SunbirdMalachite SunbirdGreater Double-collared SunbirdCollared SunbirdOlive SunbirdOrange-breasted SunbirdMouse-colored SunbirdMarico SunbirdPurple-banded 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.