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White-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris talatala · Family Nectariniidae
Cinnyris talatala
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 192,463
- Countries and territories with records
- 15
About this species
This species has 192,463 occurrence records from 15 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (86.3%), Zimbabwe (3.9%), Namibia (2.9%), Botswana (2.2%) and Eswatini (1.8%); together they account for 97.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cinnyris talatala combines the genus name Cinnyris with the species epithet talatala. 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 chalybeus and Cinnyris lotenius.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 6.4 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.