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Loten's Sunbird

Cinnyris lotenius · Family Nectariniidae

Cinnyris lotenius

Family Nectariniidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Nectariniidae
GBIF occurrence records
123,595
Countries and territories with records
3
Loten's Sunbird
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About this species

This species has 123,595 occurrence records from 3 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (82.8%) and Sri Lanka (17.2%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Cinnyris lotenius combines the genus name Cinnyris with the species epithet lotenius. The Warbla app catalog lists 50 species of the genus Cinnyris; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cinnyris asiaticus, Cinnyris talatala and Cinnyris chalybeus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 4.1 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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