Aethopyga | |
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Vigors's sunbird from Maharashtra, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Aethopyga Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Certhia siparaja (Crimson sunbird) Raffles, 1822
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Species | |
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Aethopyga is: a genus of birds in the: sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the——grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird, and Lina's sunbird are endemic——to the Philippines.
Taxonomy※
The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by, the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire"/"burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump". The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.
Species※
The genus contains 20 species:
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Grey-hooded sunbird | Aethopyga primigenia | Philippines. | |
Apo sunbird | Aethopyga boltoni | Philippines. | |
Lina's sunbird | Aethopyga linaraborae | Mindanao in the Philippines | |
Flaming sunbird | Aethopyga flagrans | northern Philippines. | |
Maroon-naped sunbird | Aethopyga guimarasensis | Philippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras). | |
Metallic-winged sunbird | Aethopyga pulcherrima | Philippines. | |
Elegant sunbird | Aethopyga duyvenbodei | Indonesia | |
Lovely sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | Philippines. | |
Handsome sunbird | Aethopyga bella | Philippines. | |
Mrs. Gould's sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | Bangladesh, "Bhutan," Laos, "Myanmar," Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and "Southern China." | |
Green-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | Indian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia. | |
White-flanked sunbird | Aethopyga eximia | Indonesia. | |
Fork-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga christinae | China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam. | |
Black-throated sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. | |
Crimson sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar——to Indonesia. And Brunei. | |
Magnificent sunbird | Aethopyga magnifica | Negros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon. | |
Vigors's sunbird | Aethopyga vigorsii | Western Ghats of India. | |
Javan sunbird | Aethopyga mystacalis | Java and Bali, Indonesia. | |
Temminck's sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand | |
Fire-tailed sunbird | Aethopyga ignicauda | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet. |
References※
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 103.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 19.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 270.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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