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title: "Loten's Sunbird"
description: "Cinnyris lotenius — Uccelli. Loten's sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius), also known as the long-billed sunbird or maroon-breasted sunbird, is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/loten-s-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Loten's Sunbird

> Cinnyris lotenius — Uccelli. Loten's sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius), also known as the long-billed sunbird or maroon-breasted sunbird, is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris lotenius*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2058
- Wikidata: [Q3595570](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595570)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145203](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145203)

## Names

- en: Loten's Sunbird
- de: Lotusnektarvogel
- es: Suimanga de Loten
- fr: Souimanga de Loten
- nl: Lotens honingzuiger
- pl: Nektarnik długodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1175), LK (468)

## Summary

Loten's sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius), also known as the long-billed sunbird or maroon-breasted sunbird, is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Named after Joan Gideon Loten, who was the Dutch governor of colonial Ceylon, it is very similar to the purple sunbird that is found in the same areas and also tends to hover at flowers for nectar, but can be distinguished by the longer bill, the maroon band on the breast and brownish wings. Like other sunbirds, it is also insectivorous and builds characteristic hanging nests.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loten%27s_sunbird

## Photo

![Loten's Sunbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/loten-s-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Akshay · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217688412

## Machine access

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