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Aethopyga

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Aethopyga
Vigors's sunbird from Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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

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The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump".[2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4]

Species

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The genus contains 20 species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 19.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 270.
  5. ^ 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.