---
title: "Souimanga à moustaches"
description: "Cinnyris frenatus — Oiseaux. The Sahul sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Sulawesi eastwards to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/sahul-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Souimanga à moustaches

> Cinnyris frenatus — Oiseaux. The Sahul sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Sulawesi eastwards to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris frenatus*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3860
- iNaturalist taxon: [1504995](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1504995)

## Names

- en: Sahul Sunbird
- fr: Souimanga à moustaches

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3061), ID (555), PG (55), SB (48)

## Summary

The Sahul sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Sulawesi eastwards to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is also found in northeast Australia. 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/Sahul_sunbird

## Photo

![Souimanga à moustaches](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sahul-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193294183

## Machine access

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