Abundance: 0.13 to 36.97% (median 2.00%)
Latitudinal range: -22.2° to 14.7°Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical savanna (7)
Found in 21 samples
Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)
Cameroon: Nyong River
Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures)
Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)
Kenya: Nyeri County
Madagascar: Sahambaky, Mahatsara, and Maromizaha, Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (720 m), Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (810 m), Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (1210 m), Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (1625 m)
Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh), Jos Wildlife Park
Senegal: Dakar
Tanzania: Uluguru South Forest Reserve Basecamp 3, Bunduki Forest Reserve (cold season)
Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged), Zika Forest (outside)
Zambia: Balmoral, Copper Chalice, Mwinilunga
See also Cinnyris batesi, Cinnyris bifasciatus, Cinnyris chalybeus, Cinnyris chloropygius, Cinnyris coccinigaster, Cinnyris cupreus, Cinnyris loveridgei, Cinnyris mariquensis, Cinnyris notatus, Cinnyris pulchella, Cinnyris pulchellus, Cinnyris sovimanga, Cinnyris superbus, Cinnyris talatala, Cinnyris venustus