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Olive Sunbird

Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith, A 1840)

The olive sunbird is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel. It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Cyanomitra
Scientific:
  Cyanomitra olivacea

Original description

Citation:
  (Smith, A 1840)

Reference:
   Ill. Zool. S. Afr. pt.11 pl.57, text

Protonym:
  Cinnyris olivaceus

Type locality:
  Kafirland . . . eastward . . . toward Port Natal [= Durban] .

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210547#page/240/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EE79A5EF104F6FF1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EE79A5EF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EE79A5EF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916402

Geographic range:

  • Cyanomitra olivacea: lowland to montane forest and clearings, coastal and highland scrub, mangroves, and plantations, from Senegal eastward through Nigeria, including Bioko and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), to Ethiopia and southern Somalia, southward through Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania, including Pemba and Unguja (in Zanzibar) and Mafia Island, to northwestern Angola and coastal eastern South Africa
  • Cyanomitra olivacea olivacea: eastern South Africa (southern KwaZulu-Natal to Eastern Cape), and Eswatini
  • Cyanomitra olivacea neglecta: central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
  • Cyanomitra olivacea changamwensis: southern Somalia and coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Mafia Island
  • Cyanomitra olivacea alfredi: southern Tanzania to Malawi, southeastern Zambia, and northern Mozambique
  • Cyanomitra olivacea olivacina: northeastern South Africa (northeastern KwaZulu-Natal) and southern Mozambique
  • Cyanomitra olivacea obscura: Príncipe and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
  • Cyanomitra olivacea guineensis: Senegal to Togo
  • Cyanomitra olivacea ragazzii: southern South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia to Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Zambia
  • Cyanomitra olivacea granti: Zanzibar and Pemba Island
  • Cyanomitra olivacea sclateri: eastern Zimbabwe and west-central Mozambique
  • Cyanomitra olivacea cephaelis: Benin to northern Angola and the Congo Basin
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Olive Sunbird
Afrikaans:
Olyfsuikerbekkie
Bulgarian:
Маслинова нектарница
Catalan:
suimanga olivaci
Czech:
strdimil olivový
Danish:
Olivensolfugl
German:
Olivnektarvogel
Esperanto:
oliveca nektarinio
Spanish:
Suimanga Oliváceo
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga oliváceo
Finnish:
oliiviselkämedestäjä
French:
Souimanga olivâtre
Croatian:
tamnokapi medosas
Hungarian:
olajzöld nektármadár
Icelandic:
Ólífusóli
Italian:
Nettarinia oliva orientale
Japanese (romaji):
hashinagachibitaiyouchou
Japanese:
オリーブタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Rytinė gelsvoji nektarina
Dutch:
Olijfgroene Honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Olivensolfugl
Norwegian:
Olivensolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik oliwkowy
Portuguese:
Beija-flor-oliváceo
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-oliváceo
Russian:
Оливковая нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka olivová
Serbian:
Maslinasta sunčica
Swedish:
olivsolfågel (olivacea)
Turkish:
Zeytuni nektarkuşu
Ukrainian:
Нектарик оливковий
Chinese:
绿花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
東方綠花蜜鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura])
Avilist 2025:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Souimanga olivâtre ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Souimanga olivâtre ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Olive Sunbird ( Cyanomitra olivacea) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nectarinia olivacea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nectarinia olivacea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nectarinia olivacea [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Olive Sunbird ( Nectarinia olivacea) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanomitra olivacea [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Olyfsuikerbekkie
Bulgarian: Маслинова нектарница
Catalan: suimanga olivaci
Czech: Strdimil olivový
Danish: Olivensolfugl
German: Olivnektarvogel, Oliv-Nektarvogel
English: Eastern Olive Sunbird, Eastern Olive-Sunbird, Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird, Olive Sunbird
English (Avilist): Olive Sunbird
English, HBW: Olive Sunbird
English (IOC): Olive Sunbird
English (Kenya): Eastern Olive Sunbird
English (United States): Olive Sunbird
Esperanto: oliveca nektarinio
Spanish: Nectarina Oliva, Suimanga oliváceo, Suimanga Oliváceo Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga oliváceo
Spanish (HBW): Olive Sunbird
Finnish: Oliiviselkämedestäjä
French: Souimanga olivâtre, Souimanga olivâtre ou S. obscur, Souimanga olive
French (Guyane): Souimanga olivâtre
Croatian: tamnokapi medosas
Hungarian: olajzöld nektármadár
Icelandic: Ólífusóli
Italian: Nettarinia oliva, Nettarinia oliva orientale, Nettarinia olivacea
Japanese (romaji): hashinagachibitaiyouchou, oriabutaiyouchou, ori-butaiyouchou
Japanese: オリアブタイヨウチョウ, オリーブタイヨウチョウ, ハシナガチビタイヨウチョウ
Scientific: Cinnyris olivaceus, Cyanomitra [olivacea or obscura], Cyanomitra olivacea, Cyanomitra olivacea olivacea, Haagneria olivacea, Nectarinia olivacea
Lithuanian: Rytinė gelsvoji nektarina
Dutch: Olijfgroene Honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Olivensolfugl
Norwegian: olivensolfugl, Østolivensolfugl
Polish: nektarnik oliwkowy
Portuguese: Beija-flor-oliváceo
Portuguese (Angola): Beija-flor-oliváceo
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-oliváceo
Russian: Оливковая нектарница
Slovak: nektárovka olivová
Serbian: Maslinasta sunčica
Swedish: olivsolfågel, olivsolfågel (olivacea), Östlig olivsolfågel
Swahili: Chozi Kijanikijivu Mashariki
Turkish: Zeytuni nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: Нектарик оливковий
Chinese: 绿花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 東方綠花蜜鳥
Zulu: incwincweluhlaza

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