Listen to the Yellow-chinned sunbird
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About the Yellow-chinned sunbird
The Yellow-chinned sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 11 g.
What does the Yellow-chinned sunbird sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or 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 yellow-chinned sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
It is found in West Africa, namely Sierra Leone to Ghana. The grey-chinned sunbird (Anthreptes tephrolaemus) was formerly grouped with this species.
More from the family Nectariniidae
Crimson sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja
Purple-rumped sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
Little spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
Palestine sunbird
Cinnyris osea
Scarlet-chested sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Southern double-collared sunbird
Cinnyris chalybeus
Marico sunbird
Cinnyris mariquensis
Amethyst sunbird
Chalcomitra amethystina
Tiny sunbird
Cinnyris minullus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-chinned sunbird sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Yellow-chinned sunbird on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Yellow-chinned sunbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-chinned sunbird as “least concern”.
What family does the Yellow-chinned sunbird belong to?
The Yellow-chinned sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris) belongs to the family Nectariniidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Cavalla Forest, Grand Gedeh, Liberia by Ben Phalan – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2226027 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-chinned sunbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by John Gerrard Keulemans – Public domain