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Olive Sunbird [olivacea]

Cyanomitra olivacea [olivacea] (= Cyanomitra olivacea) (Smith, A 1840)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Martin St-Michel 2015-03-01 Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kanungu (Uganda) (1500 m) call -

Habitat: garden, secondary evergreen forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 245965
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Martin St-Michel 2015-03-06 Bigodi Swamp, southeast of Kibale NP, Bunyoro, Kamwenge (former division) (Uganda) (1200 m) call, song -

Habitat: garden, secondary evergreen forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 265689
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2014-11-02 St Lucia area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [sono] 280230
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta isaac kilusu 2021-04-21 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, alarm call, flight call, sex uncertain -

bird bothered by my presence in riverine woodlands

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 641201
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2014-10-31 Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [also] [sono] 280219
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea olivacea Frank Lambert 2019-11-09 Dlinza Forest, Eshowe, Eshowe (South Africa) (500 m) song -

playback-used:no

 518875
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta Lars Lachmann 2022-04-16 Kirinyaga County, Kirinyaga (Kenya) (2100 m) song -

dawn song

 753159
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta isaac kilusu 2021-04-21 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

high penetrating call from an individual calling above me in riverine woodlands

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 641203
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Brian Cox 2015-04-11 Obudu Cattle Ranch Nature Reserve, Cross River., Cross River (Nigeria) (1600 m) call -

Same as XC241770.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 241771
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea changamwensis Rory Nefdt 2012-10-26 Sandarusi House, Tiwi, Kwale, South Coast, Kwale (Kenya) (10 m) call, song -

Mainly calling sound with one single song sound. Common along the coastal thickets and adjacent gardens

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 118209
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2014-11-01 Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song and call - [sono] 280228
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2014-10-31 Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [sono] 280218
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Louis A. Hansen 1991-07-31 Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Iringa (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (1550 m) song -

In background another olive sunbird answering. Not full song, possible because we are outside the breeding season - more like a sub-song or practicing.

playback-used:no

 127544
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Martin St-Michel 2015-03-02 Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kanungu (Uganda) (1500 m) song -

Habitat: primary evergreen forest.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 247894
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi Frank Lambert 2015-12-09 Zomba Botanic Gardens area, Zomba, Southern Region, Zomba (Malawi) (1000 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 366146
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea changamwensis Bram Piot 2020-01-27 Diani Beach, Kwale County, Kwale (Kenya) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 523318
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi Frank Lambert 2015-12-09 Zomba Botanic Gardens area, Zomba, Southern Region, Zomba (Malawi) (1000 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 366145
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea changamwensis Rory Nefdt 2012-10-26 Sandarusi House, Tiwi, Kwale, South Coast, Kwale (Kenya) (10 m) call, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 118207
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea olivacea Charles Hesse 08-07-2010 Pigeon Valley, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) (100 m) Calls (A) - 62549
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi Frank Lambert 2015-12-03 Mokwazi Forest, nr Chibaka, Nkhata Bay, Northern Region, Nkhata Bay (Malawi) (600 m) call -

ID not 100%

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 364984
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2014-11-01 St Lucia area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [sono] 280229
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta isaac kilusu 2021-04-21 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird in riverine woodlands

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 641202
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi Frank Lambert 2015-12-09 Zomba Botanic Gardens area, Zomba, Southern Region, Zomba (Malawi) (1000 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 366144
xeno-canto.org
Olive Sunbird - Cyanomitra olivacea Peter Boesman 2016-09-14 Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) call - [sono] 339141
xeno-canto.org
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