Blue-throated Sunbird

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

The Blue-throated Sunbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Blue-throated Sunbird, Green-breasted Pita, African Pita, White-throated Greenbul, Yellow Whiskered Greenbul, Red-tailed Bristle Bill, Red-capped Robinchat, Dusky Tit, Green-headed Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Bocage's Bush-shrike, Pink-footed Puffback, Ludher's Bush-Shrike. We stay at *Margherita hotel* on the foothills of Mountain Rwenzori in Kasese town. Margherita Hotel. *November 12th. **All-day birding Rwenzori National Park* After breakfast, with packed lunch, leave for Rwenzori National Park. More

blue-throated sunbird spottings in the past few weeks which is a new species for the park and has everyone excited. Wayne and I are going to go look for it this afternoon. The floods have made the swamp area a mini-Okavango with pans everywhere. Lillies and waterfowl are abundant; something very rare to see here . Another fascinating day was spent with a lepodologist (butterfly guy). More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Nectariniidae
Genus : Nectarinia
Species : cyanolaema
Authority : Jardine & Fraser, 1851