OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD Cinnyris jugularis #

Local name Mangnesou (Kuneff).

Range C. j. frenatus Biak, Supiori, Rani, Owi, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and recorded by all recent visitors. Widespread and common in gardens, wooded scrub and secondary woodland edge. 6 August 2015: six on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191); 13 January 1994: seen on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).