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title: "Greater Double-collared Sunbird"
description: "Cinnyris afer — Uccelli. The greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) is a small bird in the sunbird family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-double-collared-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Double-collared Sunbird

> Cinnyris afer — Uccelli. The greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) is a small bird in the sunbird family.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris afer*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 3422
- Wikidata: [Q25187709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25187709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145163](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145163)

## Names

- en: Greater Double-collared Sunbird
- de: Großer Halsband-Nektarvogel
- es: Suimanga bicollar
- fr: Souimanga à plastron rouge
- pt: Beija-flor-de-banda-larga
- pl: Nektarnik krasnopierśny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3151), SZ (12)

## Summary

The greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer) is a small bird in the sunbird family. It was formerly placed in genus Nectarinia.

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

## Photo

![Greater Double-collared Sunbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-double-collared-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142661204

## Machine access

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