Chalcomitra

See text Chalcomitra is a genus of African sunbirds.

Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.

Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

The genus Chalcomitra was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853.

[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the amethyst sunbird.