---
title: "Suimanga ornado"
description: "Cinnyris ornatus — Aves. The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ornate-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Suimanga ornado

> Cinnyris ornatus — Aves. The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris ornatus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 12704
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505007](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505007)

## Names

- en: Ornate Sunbird
- de: Orientalischer Nektarvogel
- es: Suimanga ornado
- fr: Souimanga orné

## Countries with the most observations

SG (4678), TH (3014), MY (1451), ID (1347), VN (404), CN (233), KH (108), IN (89), HK (56), MM (43), LA (21), BN (14)

## Summary

The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis).

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

## Photo

![Suimanga ornado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256210928

## Machine access

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