Listen to the Scarlet-chested sunbird
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About the Scarlet-chested sunbird
The Scarlet-chested sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Scarlet-chested sunbird sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, and from South Sudan to South Africa.
Related birds in the genus Chalcomitra
More from the family Nectariniidae
Crimson sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja
Purple-rumped sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
Little spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
Palestine sunbird
Cinnyris osea
Southern double-collared sunbird
Cinnyris chalybeus
Marico sunbird
Cinnyris mariquensis
Yellow-chinned sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris
Tiny sunbird
Cinnyris minullus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Scarlet-chested sunbird sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Scarlet-chested sunbird on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Scarlet-chested sunbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Scarlet-chested sunbird as “least concern”.
What family does the Scarlet-chested sunbird belong to?
The Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) belongs to the family Nectariniidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q854678 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Scarlet-chested sunbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa – CC BY 2.0