Avibase: Cinnyris afer (Greater Double-collared Sunbird)

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris afer (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Richard Fleming	2025-08-12	, Western Cape (South Africa)	-	641081370 macaulaylibrary.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Lynette Rudman	2015-02-25	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (480 m)	call, male - Male bird seen singing from a tree in a suburban garden. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	249315 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-28	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1143516 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-28	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	call, song - [also] [sono]	1143513 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-03-08	Bitou Local Municipality (near Nature's Valley), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Knysna (South Africa) (0 m)	call, song - Two males singing	1145295 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1963-01-15	Greater Plettenberg Bay (near Keurboomstrand), South Cape DC, Western Cape, Knysna (South Africa) (30 m)	alarm call - [sono]	1034449 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Lynette Rudman	2015-03-15	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (480 m)	call, male - Bird calling from a tree in a suburban garden. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	249316 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Lynette Rudman	2015-04-19	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (500 m)	male, song - A male sitting in a bush singing. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	249314 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Bram Piot	10-06-2010	Mbabane, Hhohho (Eswatini) (1250 m)	Calls (A) - Two types of calls (advertising and contact?)	55565 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-28	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	call, song - [also] [sono]	1143512 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Paul Bourdin	2018-12-24	Wild Fig Farm, Wild Fig Country Estate, Witrivier (South Africa) (900 m)	adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	650868 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Peter G. Kaestner	1978-04-10	KAHUSI PARK; NEAR WESTGATE, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	-	1572 macaulaylibrary.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Lynette Rudman	2022-05-16	Makana Local Municipality (near Makhanda), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (600 m)	adult, male, song - Male bird seen singing from a dry twig at the top of a bush that is near a large clump of nectar-rich Leonotis flowers. Recorded early in the morning around sunrise on a warm, calm, winter's morning. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	731568 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Gabriella Mik	2026-01-13	, Hhohho (Eswatini)	-	648806501 macaulaylibrary.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Bram Piot	12-06-2010	Mbabane, Hhohho (Eswatini) (1250 m)	Song (A) - Subsong while feeding, call, song	55566 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Drew Davison	2023-12-20	Aberdeen Plain (near Addo), Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, Alexandria (South Africa) (140 m)	- [sono]	862275 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1963-01-15	Greater Plettenberg Bay (near Plettenberg Bay), South Cape DC, Western Cape, Knysna (South Africa) (10 m)	song - [sono]	1034394 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	African Bioacoustics Community	2024-10-04	West Coast DC (near Langebaan), West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, Hopefield (South Africa) (10 m)	- 800Hz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, audio split (using Audacity) Recordist - N. Baliti Background species to be identified	1012226 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-28	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	call, song - [also] [sono]	1143515 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Charles Hesse	08-09-2010	Bathurst, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (200 m)	Call (A) -	62638 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-24	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1143085 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-03-12	Bitou Local Municipality (near Nature's Valley), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Knysna (South Africa) (0 m)	song - Two males singing.	1145311 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Peter Boesman	2013-02-05	Kurisa Moya, Tzaneen, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	call - [sono]	280045 xeno-canto.org
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afer	Walter Wallner	2026-02-24	Mossel Bay Local Municipality (near Great Brak River), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, Mossel (South Africa) (0 m)	call - [also] [sono]	1143081 xeno-canto.org

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