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Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus · Family Nectariniidae
Cinnyris venustus
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 88,525
- Countries and territories with records
- 42
About this species
This species has 88,525 occurrence records from 42 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Kenya (32.8%), Tanzania (13.6%), Zimbabwe (9.9%), Nigeria (9%) and Rwanda (6.5%); together they account for 71.7% of the total. In Kenya, this species accounts for 0.58% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cinnyris venustus combines the genus name Cinnyris with the species epithet venustus. 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 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.