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783. Southern Double-collared Sunbird
(Lesser doublecollared sunbird ) (Cinnyris chalybea capricornensis)
Siswati: incwincwi
Uncommon breeding resident in the highveld.
Malolotja
Malolotja Information:
Localised resident of forest, dense riverine vegetation, thickets and exotic forests.
Forested gorges
Exotic forest and thicket
Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.
Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.
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