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Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis · Family Nectariniidae
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 118,500
- Countries and territories with records
- 48
About this species
This species has 118,500 occurrence records from 48 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (27.8%), Kenya (15.8%), Uganda (9.2%), Tanzania (8.1%) and Nigeria (6.3%); together they account for 67.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.083% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Chalcomitra senegalensis combines the genus name Chalcomitra with the species epithet senegalensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Chalcomitra; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chalcomitra amethystina, Chalcomitra hunteri and Chalcomitra rubescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.