Purple-banded sunbird

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.

Purple-banded sunbird
A male at Ngwenya Resort, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Cinnyris
Species:	C. bifasciatus
Binomial name
Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
Synonyms
Nectarinia bifasciata

The Tsavo sunbird, sometimes lumped with the purple-banded, is here considered a separate species.