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Pygmy Sunbird

Hedydipna platura (Vieillot, LJP 1819)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-20 East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call -

Call of a female-plumaged bird

 1081634
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura julien Birard 2021-01-28 N'Djamena, Chari, N'Djamena, Ville de N'Djamena (Chad) (300 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 618242
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Andrew Spencer 2014-12-15 Gambela, Dembidolo Road, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (550 m) call -

natural vocalization; calls from a small flock of this species moving at mid-height in dry forest, with a female bird giving most of the calls.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 266884
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Andrew Spencer 2014-12-15 Gambela, Dembidolo Road, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (550 m) call -

natural vocalization; calls from a single female bird moving through high in brushy dry forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 266886
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Giovanni Boano 2012-12-11 Comoe, Cascades, Komoé (Burkina Faso) (280 m) male, song -

bird photographed

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 115199
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-20 East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call -

Call of a female-plumaged bird

 1081226
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Julien Birard 2026-01-26 Orko, Ndjamena Bilala, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (300 m) call - [sono] 1151281
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Barry Edmonston 2018-05-04 Bawku West, Upper East Region, Upper East (Ghana) (200 m) call -

Single female calling from grasslands.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 420408
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Étienne Leroy 2018-12-12 Parc du W, Tillabéri Region, Tillabéry (Niger) (200 m) call, male -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 447387
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Julien Birard 2025-01-23 , Batha (Chad)   -   634394845
macaulaylibrary.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Andrew Spencer 2014-12-15 Gambela, Dembidolo Road, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (550 m) call -

natural vocalization; calls from a single female bird moving through high in dense dry forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 266885
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Julien Birard 2025-01-23 Doubounoro, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (300 m) call - [sono] 991645
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Andrew Spencer 2014-12-15 Gambela, Dembidolo Road, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (550 m) call, song -

natural vocalization; song? and calls from a small flock of birds moving through at mid-height in dry forest, with most of the vocalizations from a male bird.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 266887
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-23 Toubacouta forest, Fatick (Senegal) (? m) song and call - [sono] 1081636
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Bram Piot 2018-12-21 Simal, Fatick, Fatick (Senegal) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 447657
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-20 East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) song and call - [sono] 1081224
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Bram Piot 2020-01-18 Simal, Fatick, Fatick (Senegal) (5 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 523098
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2022-03-14 Bawku West, Upper East Region, Bawku West (Ghana) call - [sono] 719191
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-20 West of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081635
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Sun Madakan 2020-09-26 University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Borno (Nigeria) (340 m) adult, call, male, song -

At least two birds but only one seen. Male foraging in canopy of Zizipus spina-cristi

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 591090
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Bram Piot 2018-02-28 Thiewoune, Kédougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (380 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 405698
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Sun Madakan 2020-10-20 University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Borno (Nigeria) (340 m) adult, call, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 597982
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-23 Toubacouta forest, Fatick (Senegal) (? m) song and call - [sono] 1081228
xeno-canto.org
Pygmy Sunbird - Hedydipna platura Peter Boesman 2026-01-20 East of Kedougou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081633
xeno-canto.org
Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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