Palestine Sunbird

Cinnyris osea

The Palestine sunbird is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. Found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, it is also known as the northern orange-tufted sunbird. However, the name "orange-tufted sunbird" refers to another species, found further south in Africa. In 2015 the Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird, after it lost in Israel's national bird public vote in 2008 in favor of the hoopoe. The specific name osea is derived from Ancient Greek ὁσια. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 94 times across 1 area (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.