Ghana and Ethiopia

The Collared Sunbird is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara but is absent from much of the south and west. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a wide variety of habitats - forest, woodland and savanna - especially at forest edges.

Photos 1 to 4, taken in Ghana, are of the sub-species H. c. subcollaris. The male, seen here in photos 1 and 4, has the head, throat and upper breast bright glossy green with the rest of the underparts yellow separated from the upper breast by a narrow purple breast band. The female, (photos 2 and 3) has underparts that are entirely yellow. Photo 4 shows a male with a juvenile bird.