Pemba sunbird

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Pemba Sunbird, Manta Resort, Pemba Island (8494780065).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Cinnyris pembae |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718017A94562636 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718017A94562636.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Cinnyris

| species = pembae

| authority = Reichenow, 1905

| range_map = Cinnyris pembae range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Range in Tanzania

| synonyms = Nectarinia pembae

}}

The Pemba sunbird (Cinnyris pembae) is a species of bird in the sunbird family. It is endemic to Pemba Island, in Tanzania.

Males have a wingspan of 51.5-53 mm, while females have a wingspan of 47.5-50 mm.{{cite journal |last1=Clancey |first1=PA |last2=Williams |first2=John |title=The systematics of the Little Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw), with notes on its allies. |journal=Durban Museum Novitates |date=1967 |volume=5 |page=27-41 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0012723X_1304 |access-date=25 April 2024}} As pictured, adult males display iridescent blue-green coloration on their head and throat with bluish violet coloration on their wings and across their breast. Females have a gray-brown coloration on their head and wings, a pale yellow underside with blurry streaking and a small pale yellow lateral streak posterior to the eye.{{cite web |url=https://ebird.org/species/pemsun2/KE |website=eBird |access-date=25 April 2024 |title=Pemba Sunbird - eBird }}

A breeding pair were seen feeding their chicks in the characteristic hanging nest on Unguja Island in June 2018.