orange-breasted sunbird
anthobaphes violacea latin

The Orange-breasted Sunbird subsists on flower nectar, insects and spiders.

The Orange-breasted Sunbird is exclusively found in the fynbos vegetation zone of southwestern South Africa.

Genus Anthobaphes - Orange-breasted Sunbird (sometimes included in Nectarinia)

Orange-breasted Sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Orange-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia violacea)

The Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), is the only member of the bird genus Anthobaphes.

The female is greyer below than the female Orange-breasted Sunbird, and darker below than the female Dusky Sunbird.

The wildlife includes a number of endemic bees, beetles, horseflies and ants, and birds such as Cape Sugarbirds and the Orange-breasted Sunbird.

Birds in this area include Black Goshawk, Black-headed Oriole and two species which are almost endemic to the Cape area, the Orange-breasted Sunbird and Cape Siskin.

The Orange-breasted Sunbird breeds from February to November (Mainly in May - August) The nest is an oval of rootlets, fine leafy twigs and grass, bound together with spider webs and lined with brown protea fluff.

The Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), is the only member of the bird genus Anthobaphes.