Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Southern Double-collared Sunbird at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Rocherpan Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Southern Double-collared Sunbird is most recorded in Western Cape (93% of records), based on 6,354 iNaturalist observations. 79 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Southern Double-collared Sunbird on site or nearby.

The Southern Double-collared Sunbird is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The southern double-collared sunbird or lesser double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) (formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia), is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It is mainly resident, but partially migratory in the north-east of its range.