---
title: "Rabilongo-bronzeado"
description: "Cinnyris pulchellus — Aves. The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/beautiful-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rabilongo-bronzeado

> Cinnyris pulchellus — Aves. The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae.

- Scientific name: *Cinnyris pulchellus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1298
- Wikidata: [Q2225977](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225977)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145169](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145169)

## Names

- en: Beautiful Sunbird
- de: Elfennektarvogel
- es: Suimanga colilargo
- fr: Souimanga à longue queue
- nl: Feeënhoningzuiger
- pt: Rabilongo-bronzeado
- pl: Nektarnik piękny

## Countries with the most observations

GM (434), SN (166), ET (94), BF (70), KE (65), BJ (34), NG (34), GH (29), UG (25), TD (22), GW (19), GN (12)

## Summary

The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a small passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya in the east. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the gorgeous sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus).

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

## Photo

![Rabilongo-bronzeado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/beautiful-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144178244

## Machine access

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