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title: "Orange-breasted Sunbird"
description: "Anthobaphes violacea — Uccelli. The orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) is a species of small, predominantly nectar-feeding bird that is endemic to the fynbos shrubland biome of southwestern South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/orange-breasted-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-breasted Sunbird

> Anthobaphes violacea — Uccelli. The orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) is a species of small, predominantly nectar-feeding bird that is endemic to the fynbos shrubland biome of southwestern South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Anthobaphes violacea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3819
- Wikidata: [Q908190](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908190)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145130](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145130)

## Names

- en: Orange-breasted Sunbird
- de: Goldbrust-Nektarvogel
- es: Suimanga pechinaranja
- fr: Souimanga orangé
- nl: Oranjeborsthoningzuiger
- pt: Beija-flor-de-peito-laranja
- pl: Nektarnik przylądkowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3745)

## Summary

The orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) is a species of small, predominantly nectar-feeding bird that is endemic to the fynbos shrubland biome of southwestern South Africa. It is the only member of the genus Anthobaphes, in the family Nectariniidae (the sunbirds and spiderhunters), though it is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia. The birds are sexually dimorphic, with females being olive green while the males are orange to yellow on the underside with bright green, blue and purple on the head and neck.

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

## Photo

![Orange-breasted Sunbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-breasted-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14573764

## Machine access

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