Their repertoire varies from the thin metallic tssp of the superb sunbird to the beautiful tsik - tsik - tsik - tsik - tsit tree - tree - turrrr uttered by the scarlet - tufted malachite sunbird of East Africa.
To repertuārs variē no Nectarinia superba smalkā, metāliskā tssp līdz Austrumāfrikā sastopamā Nectarinia johnstoni brīnumjaukajam trellim tsik - tsik - tsik - tsik - tsit trī - trī - turrrr.