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.
Nektarilindlaste laulurepertuaari kuulub nii Nectarinia superba ilma kõlata metalne tssp kui ka Ida - Aafrikas elava malahhiitnektarilinnu kaunis tsik - tsik - tsik - tsik - tsit trii - trii - tarrrr.