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title: "White-bellied Sunbird"
description: "Cinnyris talatala — Birds. The white-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris talatala), also known as the white-breasted sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-bellied-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-bellied Sunbird

> Cinnyris talatala — Birds. The white-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris talatala), also known as the white-breasted sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris talatala*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2698
- Wikidata: [Q3181869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181869)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145187](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145187)

## Names

- en: White-bellied Sunbird
- de: Weißbauchnektarvogel
- es: Suimanga pechiblanco
- fr: Souimanga à ventre blanc
- nl: Witbuikhoningzuiger
- pt: Nectarinia talatala
- pl: Nektarnik zielonogrzbiety

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1987), BW (152), NA (110), ZW (97), ZM (52), MW (49), SZ (32), MZ (18), AO (13)

## Summary

The white-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris talatala), also known as the white-breasted sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-bellied_sunbird

## Photo

![White-bellied Sunbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-bellied-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: relet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171072226

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-bellied-sunbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).