African Sunbird

Sunbiers are similar to hamming birds in Americas, but they belong to totally different families.

This is a male golden-winged sunbird taken in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. This is a large species but still has only 23 cm including the tail.

This is a amethyst sunbird taken in Naromoru, Kenya. This place is famous for the base for climbing Mt. Kenya and also as a good bird watching place.

This must be a malachite sunbird. This beautiful species lives in high altitude of East Africa. This particular photo was taken above 3000m on the slope of the Mt. Kilimanjaro. The plant is a giant groundsel which belongs to the family of chrysanthemum. There are nany unique strange plants in the alpine zones of East Africa.

This may be a northern double-collard sunbird taken in Naromoru, Kanya.

This is a variable sunbird. Sunbirds are often difficult to identify because they are small and their colors often differ from ones shown in books.

This is a female bronze sunbird taken in the garden of my house in Moshi, Tanzania. Other birds on this page are all males. Please comparer the color.

This is a male bronze sunbird.

This is a beautiful sunbird taken in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

This is a Hunter's sunbird. The chest color is significant though sometimes difficult to distinguish from scarlet-chested sunbird shown below

This is a scarlet-chested sunbird taken in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya. From this photo, it is difficult to distinguish it from a Hunter's sunbird.

This is a mariqua sunbird.

This is a Kenya violet-backed sunbird. This speceis has a straigh short beak.