BirdUp · Species
Sahul Sunbird
Cinnyris frenatus(Müller, S, 1843)
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Genus
- Cinnyris
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Sahul sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Sulawesi eastwards to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is also found in northeast Australia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Sulawesi and north Moluccas to New Guinea (except north) and satellites, Aru Is. (south-west of New Guinea) north-east QLD (far north-east Australia), Bismarck Arch. and north and south-central Solomon Is.
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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