Olive sunbird
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Cyanomitra olivacea

The olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea ) is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel. It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia.

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The western subspecies (roughly west of the East African Rift) are sometimes split as the western olive sunbird, Cyanomitra obscura, in which case Cyanomitra olivacea becomes the eastern olive sunbird

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References

1. Olive sunbird Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_sunbird
2. Olive sunbird on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717691/131978137
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/703360

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