---
title: "Gewone purperbandhoningzuiger"
description: "Cinnyris bifasciatus — Vogels. The purple-banded sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-banded-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone purperbandhoningzuiger

> Cinnyris bifasciatus — Vogels. The purple-banded sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris bifasciatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 957
- Wikidata: [Q2669185](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669185)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145175](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145175)

## Names

- en: Purple-banded Sunbird
- de: Kleiner Bindennektarvogel
- es: Suimanga bandeado
- fr: Souimanga bifascié
- nl: Gewone purperbandhoningzuiger
- pt: Beija-flor-de-peito-roxo
- pl: Nektarnik purpurowowstęgi

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (346), TZ (152), AO (62), MZ (52), KE (26), MW (23), SZ (20), UG (20), ZM (13), ZW (10), NA (9), BW (3)

## Summary

The purple-banded sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The Tsavo sunbird, sometimes lumped with the purple-banded, is here considered a separate species.

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

## Photo

![Gewone purperbandhoningzuiger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-banded-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197475809

## Machine access

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